Where does “enemmistökieli” come from?

enemmistökieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish enemmistö, from Finnish enempi, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

enemmistökieli (Finnish): majority language

Definitions

  1. majority language

Ancestry of “enemmistökieli”, step by step

enemmistökieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish enemmistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenemmistömajority
2Finnishenempifurther
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enä →Every word from Finnish enä →