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Where does “neljännestunti” come from?

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

neljännestunti (Finnish): A quarter of an hour

Definitions

  1. A quarter of an hour

Ancestry of “neljännestunti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljännesquarter
2Finnishneljäsfourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →