Where does “ensikertalainen” come from?

ensikertalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

ensikertalainen (Finnish): first-timer

Definitions

  1. first-timer

Ancestry of “ensikertalainen”, step by step

ensikertalainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kerta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
2Proto-Finnickertatime
3Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
4Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish ensi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

Words derived from “ensikertalainen”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta →
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