Where does “nelläs” come from?

nelläs (Livvi) comes from Proto-Finnic neljänci, from Proto-Finnic neljä, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

nelläs (Livvi): fourth

Definitions

  1. fourth

Ancestry of “nelläs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Uralic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljä →Every word from Proto-Finnic neljänci →