Where does “neljäskymmenesensimmäinen” come from?

neljäskymmenesensimmäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ensimmäinen, from Finnish -mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

neljäskymmenesensimmäinen (Finnish): forty-first

Definitions

  1. forty-first

Ancestry of “neljäskymmenesensimmäinen”, step by step

neljäskymmenesensimmäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ensimmäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishensimmäinenfirst; former
2Finnish-mainen-like, -shaped, -ish, -ly, -y or -ous
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat

via Finnish neljäskymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäskymmenesfortieth
2Finnishneljäsfourth
3Proto-Finnicneljäncifourth
4Proto-Finnicneljäfour
5Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Proto-Uralic mëxe →Every word from Proto-Finnic maa →