Where does “ensisijaisesti” come from?

ensisijaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ensisijainen, from Finnish ensi-, from Finnish ensi, from Proto-Finnic enci, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

ensisijaisesti (Finnish): primarily

Definitions

  1. primarily

Ancestry of “ensisijaisesti”, step by step

ensisijaisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ensisijainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensisijainenprimary; preferred
2Finnishensi-premier, first; inaugural
3Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
5Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
6Proto-Uralic-mte

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mteEvery word from Finnish ensi-Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci