Where does “neljässadas” come from?

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

neljässadas (Finnish): four-hundredth

Definitions

  1. four-hundredth

Ancestry of “neljässadas”, step by step

neljässadas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljäs

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

via Finnish sadas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsadashundredth; Second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Finnicsadachundredth
3Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъzander; any fish of the genus Sander
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljänci →