Where does “ensikertainen” come from?
ensikertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
ensikertainen (Finnish): first-time
Ancestry of “ensikertainen”, step by step
ensikertainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via Finnish ensi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ensi | next; first; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | enci | first; next |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |