Where does “ennemminkin” come from?
ennemminkin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ennemmin, from Finnish ensi-, from Finnish ensi, from Proto-Finnic enci, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
ennemminkin (Finnish): rather. more like
Definitions
- rather. more like
Ancestry of “ennemminkin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ennemmin | 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 |
| 2 | Finnish | ensi- | premier, first; inaugural |
| 3 | Finnish | ensi | next; first; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | enci | first; next |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |