Where does “neljäskolmatta” come from?

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

neljäskolmatta (Finnish): twenty-fourth

Definitions

  1. twenty-fourth

Ancestry of “neljäskolmatta”, step by step

neljäskolmatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljäs

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

via Finnish kolme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmethree
2Finnishkolmitri-
3Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljänci →