Where does “niellja” come from?

niellja (Lule Sami) comes from Proto-Samic nealjē, from Proto-Uralic neljä — four.

niellja (Lule Sami): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “niellja”, step by step

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