Where does “neljäskymmenestoinen” come from?

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

neljäskymmenestoinen (Finnish): forty-second

Definitions

  1. forty-second

Ancestry of “neljäskymmenestoinen”, step by step

neljäskymmenestoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljäskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäskymmenesfortieth
2Finnishneljäsfourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish toinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
2Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
3Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
4Proto-Uralictothat
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljänci →