Where does “nelivuotias” come from?
nelivuotias (Finnish) comes from Finnish -vuotias, from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.
nelivuotias (Finnish): four-year-old
Ancestry of “nelivuotias”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -vuotias | -year-old, years old |
| 2 | Finnish | vuosi | year; As modifier in a compound term , annual,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vooci | year |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | oote | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëde | year |