Where does “ennätysmies” come from?
ennätysmies (Finnish) comes from Finnish ennätys, from Finnish ennättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
ennätysmies (Finnish): (male) record holder
Ancestry of “ennätysmies”, step by step
ennätysmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ennätys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ennätys | record |
| 2 | Finnish | ennättää | to make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) e.g. when in a hurry |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish mies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mies | man; husband |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mees | man, male; husband |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | meexes | — |