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Where does “ennustaja” come from?

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

ennustaja (Finnish): fortuneteller, soothsayer

Definitions

  1. fortuneteller, soothsayer

Ancestry of “ennustaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishennustaaTo predict, prophesy, foretell, foresee, divine,...
2FinnishennusSynonym of ennustus
3Finnishensi-premier, first; inaugural
4Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
5Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
6Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
7Proto-Uralic-mte—

Words derived from “ennustaja”

  • tähdistäennustaja
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