Where does “puolitoistakymmentä” come from?
puolitoistakymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish puolitoista, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
puolitoistakymmentä (Finnish): about a dozen and a half
Definitions
- about a dozen and a half
Ancestry of “puolitoistakymmentä”, step by step
puolitoistakymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puolitoista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puolitoista | one and a half |
| 2 | Finnish | toinen | second; other, another; the others, other ones |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | toinen | second; other |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | too | that over there, yonder distal? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | to | that |