Where does “ordinaaliluku” come from?
ordinaaliluku (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...
ordinaaliluku (Finnish): ordinal number
Definitions
- ordinal number
Ancestry of “ordinaaliluku”, step by step
ordinaaliluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish ordinaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ordinaalinen | ordinal |
| 2 | Latin | ordinalis | ordinal |
| 3 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |