Where does “enimmäisarvo” come from?

enimmäisarvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish enimmäinen, from Finnish enin, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

enimmäisarvo (Finnish): maximum value, maximum

Definitions

  1. maximum value, maximum

Ancestry of “enimmäisarvo”, step by step

enimmäisarvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish enimmäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenimmäinenmaximal
2Finnisheninthe most
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig

via Finnish Arvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2FinnishArvi—
3Old NorseArnviðr—
4Proto-GermanicArôwiduz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enä →Every word from Finnish enä →