Where does “ekaluokkalainen” come from?

ekaluokkalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish eka, from Finnish ensimmäinen, from Finnish -mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

ekaluokkalainen (Finnish): first grader pupil on the 1st grade

Definitions

  1. first grader pupil on the 1st grade

Ancestry of “ekaluokkalainen”, step by step

ekaluokkalainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishekafirst
2Finnishensimmäinenfirst; former
3Finnish-mainen-like, -shaped, -ish, -ly, -y or -ous
4Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
5Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
6Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish luokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
2Finnishluokkishaft bow
3Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →