Where does “nidosluku” come from?

nidosluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nidosluku (Finnish): number of volumes of books

Definitions

  1. number of volumes of books

Ancestry of “nidosluku”, step by step

nidosluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish nidos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnidosbinding
2Finnishnitoato staple
3Proto-Finnicnitodakto bind, to tie, to fasten
4Proto-Finno-Permicńiδa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →