Where does “ensikymmenluku” come from?
ensikymmenluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ensikymmenluku (Finnish): noughties
Definitions
- noughties
Ancestry of “ensikymmenluku”, step by step
ensikymmenluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish ensikymmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ensikymmen | the first decade of a century |
| 2 | Finnish | ensi | next; first; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | enci | first; next |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |