Where does “Yeniseianist” come from?

Yeniseianist (English) comes from English ist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

Yeniseianist (English): A linguist who specialises in studying Yeniseian...

Definitions

  1. A linguist who specialises in studying Yeniseian...

Ancestry of “Yeniseianist”, step by step

Yeniseianist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās

via English Yeniseian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYeniseianA member of the original ethnolinguistic group...
2EnglishYeniseithe longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia
3RussianЕнисе́й
4EvenkiИонэссиbig water
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from English -istEvery word from Ancient Greek -τής