Where does “nelji” come from?

nelji (Inari Sami) comes from Proto-Samic nealjē, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

nelji (Inari Sami): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “nelji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicnealjēfour
2Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Samic nealjē →
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