Where does “vii” come from?

vii (Finnish) comes from Finnish viisi, from Proto-Finnic viici, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

vii (Finnish): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “vii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisifive
2Proto-Finnicviicifive
3Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →Every word from Finnish viisi →