Where does “entispäättymä” come from?

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

entispäättymä (Finnish): past perfect, pluperfect tense

Definitions

  1. past perfect, pluperfect tense

Ancestry of “entispäättymä”, step by step

entispäättymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish entinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishentinenformer, erstwhile
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 päättymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäättymäthe present perfect tense
2Finnishpäättyäto end, finish, stop, cease, conclude; to be...
3Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
4Finnishpäähead; end, tip
5Proto-Finnicpäähead
6Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish ensi- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →