Where does “ennakkomerkki” come from?

ennakkomerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish ennakko, from Finnish ensi-, from Finnish ensi, from Proto-Finnic enci, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

ennakkomerkki (Finnish): omen, foresign

Definitions

  1. omen, foresign

Ancestry of “ennakkomerkki”, step by step

ennakkomerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ennakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishennakkoin advance; advance, advancement, prepayment;...
2Finnishensi-premier, first; inaugural
3Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
5Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
6Proto-Uralic-mte

via Finnish merkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerkkimark, sign; character; symbol
2Old Swedishmærki
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mteEvery word from Finnish ensi-Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci