Where does “voittonumero” come from?

voittonumero (Finnish) comes from Finnish voitto, from Finnish voittaa, from Proto-Finnic voittadak, from Proto-Finnic voidak, from Proto-Uralic woje- — can, to be able.

voittonumero (Finnish): winning number

Definitions

  1. winning number

Ancestry of “voittonumero”, step by step

voittonumero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittovictory, win; profit
2Finnishvoittaato win
3Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
4Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
5Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able

via Finnish numero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnumerodigit, number; numeral; number
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Uralic woje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voidak →Every word from Proto-Finnic voittadak →
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