Where does “ennemmin” come from?

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

ennemmin (Finnish): rather, sooner used of an option that the speaker prefers, especially when the speaker has two options and considers them both disagreeable, but one less so than the other

Definitions

  1. rather, sooner used of an option that the speaker prefers, especially when the speaker has two options and considers them both disagreeable, but one less so than the other

Ancestry of “ennemmin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ennemmin”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish ensi- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →