Where does “ensiys” come from?

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

ensiys (Finnish): firstness

Definitions

  1. firstness

Ancestry of “ensiys”, step by step

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-Uralic -mte →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →Every word from Proto-Finnic enci →