Where does “ensirakastaja” come from?

ensirakastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakastaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ensirakastaja (Finnish): the first person with which one had an amorous affair

Definitions

  1. the first person with which one had an amorous affair

Ancestry of “ensirakastaja”, step by step

ensirakastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rakastaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakastajalover
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish ensi

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