Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/neljä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Proto-Finnic cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : *neljä
    Ordinal : *neljänci

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *neljä.

Numeral

*neljä[1]

  1. four

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: neli
  • Finnish: neljä
  • Ingrian: neljä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: nēļa, (Salaca) nelä
  • Livvi: nelli
  • Ludian: nellʹ
  • Veps: nelʹlʹ
  • Võro: neli, nelli
  • Votic: nelʹlʹe

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*neljä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)