Where does “ensikuitu” come from?
ensikuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ensi, from Proto-Finnic enci, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
ensikuitu (Finnish): virgin fibre, primary fibre, nonrecycled fibre
Definitions
- virgin fibre, primary fibre, nonrecycled fibre
Ancestry of “ensikuitu”, step by step
ensikuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish kuitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuitu | fiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuitu | (flax) fibre/fiber |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kujčɜ | — |