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

  1. virgin fibre, primary fibre, nonrecycled fibre

Ancestry of “ensikuitu”, step by step

ensikuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ensi

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

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte