Where does “kolm” come from?

kolm (Võro) comes from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolm (Võro): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “kolm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmitri-
2Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →
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