Where does “ei-välttämätön” come from?

ei-välttämätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish ei, from Proto-Finnic e-, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

ei-välttämätön (Finnish): nonessential

Definitions

  1. nonessential

Ancestry of “ei-välttämätön”, step by step

ei-välttämätön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheino; The third-person singular form of the...
2Proto-Finnice-The negative verb
3Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Finnish välttämätön

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälttämätöninevitable, necessary, essential; Negative...
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Proto-Finnic e- →Every word from Finnish ei →