Where does “entistäjä” come from?

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

entistäjä (Finnish): restorer, renovator

Definitions

  1. restorer, renovator

Ancestry of “entistäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishentistääTo restore, renovate
2Finnishentinenformer, erstwhile
3Finnishensi-premier, first; inaugural
4Finnishensinext; first; Third-person singular indicative...
5Proto-Finnicencifirst; next
6Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
7Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish ensi- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →
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