Where does “ennusmerkki” come from?

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

ennusmerkki (Finnish): sign, omen

Definitions

  1. sign, omen

Ancestry of “ennusmerkki”, step by step

ennusmerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishennusSynonym of ennustus
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 -mte →Every word from Finnish ensi- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →