Where does “ensiharvennus” come from?

ensiharvennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish harvennus, from Finnish harventaa, from Finnish harva, from Proto-Finnic harva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šorwa.

ensiharvennus (Finnish): pre-commercial thinning

Definitions

  1. pre-commercial thinning

Ancestry of “ensiharvennus”, step by step

ensiharvennus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harvennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharvennusthinning
2Finnishharventaato thin out; to thin; to rarefy
3Finnishharvainfrequent, sparse; thin; loose
4Proto-Finnicharvasparse
5Proto-Finno-Ugricšorwa

via Finnish ensi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric šorwaEvery word from Proto-Finnic harvaEvery word from Finnish harva