Where does “neljännes” come from?

neljännes (Finnish) comes from Finnish neljäs, from Proto-Finnic neljänci, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

neljännes (Finnish): quarter

Definitions

  1. quarter

Ancestry of “neljännes”, step by step

neljännes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäsfourth
2Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s

Words derived from “neljännes

Every word from Proto-Uralic neljäEvery word from Proto-Finnic neljäEvery word from Proto-Finnic neljänci