Where does “neljäskymmenes” come from?

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

neljäskymmenes (Finnish): fortieth

Definitions

  1. fortieth

Ancestry of “neljäskymmenes”, step by step

neljäskymmenes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljäs

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

via Finnish kymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenestenth
2Proto-Finnickümmenectenth
3Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten

Words derived from “neljäskymmenes”

Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljänci →
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