Where does “naisenemmistö” come from?

naisenemmistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish enemmistö, from Finnish enempi, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

naisenemmistö (Finnish): female majority

Definitions

  1. female majority

Ancestry of “naisenemmistö”, step by step

naisenemmistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish enemmistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenemmistömajority
2Finnishenempifurther
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Uralic enäEvery word from Proto-Finnic enäEvery word from Finnish enä