Where does “neljän” come from?

neljän (Finnish) comes from Finnish neljä, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

neljän (Finnish): Genitive singular form of neljä

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of neljä

Ancestry of “neljän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Finnish neljä →