Where does “enemmyys” come from?

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

enemmyys (Finnish): preponderance, excess, moreness; the quality or property of being more than something else

Definitions

  1. preponderance, excess, moreness; the quality or property of being more than something else

Ancestry of “enemmyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenempifurther
2Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
3Proto-Finnicenäbig
4Proto-Uralicenäbig
Every word from Proto-Uralic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enä →Every word from Finnish enä →