Where does “viis” come from?

viis (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic viici, from Proto-Uralic witte — five; ten.

viis (Votic): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “viis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicviicifive
2Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Proto-Uralic witte →Every word from Proto-Finnic viici →
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