Where does “ensi-isku” come from?

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

ensi-isku (Finnish): first strike

Definitions

  1. first strike

Ancestry of “ensi-isku”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish ensi- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →