Where does “ensinnä” come from?

ensinnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ensin, from Finnish ensi-, from Finnish ensi, from Proto-Finnic enci, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

ensinnä (Finnish): first, at first, firstly

Definitions

  1. first, at first, firstly

Ancestry of “ensinnä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensinfirst; before; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishensi-premier, first; inaugural
3Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
5Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
6Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →