Where does “nelonen” come from?

nelonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish neljä, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

nelonen (Finnish): four; fourth gear; F

Definitions

  1. four; fourth gear; F

Ancestry of “nelonen”, step by step

nelonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neljä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish onen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonen

Words derived from “nelonen

Every word from Proto-Uralic neljäEvery word from Proto-Finnic neljäEvery word from Finnish neljä
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