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

ennustaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ennustaa

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—

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ennustaja”

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