Where does “vinoneliö” come from?

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

vinoneliö (Finnish): rhombus; a rhombus that is not a square

Definitions

  1. rhombus; a rhombus that is not a square

Ancestry of “vinoneliö”, step by step

vinoneliö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneliösquare; four-room apartment; Short for neliömetri
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour

via Finnish vino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvinooblique, askew
2Proto-Finno-Permicwińa

Words derived from “vinoneliö

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