köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पहिल (pahila), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀮 (pahila), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀣𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*prathilla). Sanskrit प्रथम (prathamá, “first”) was reanalysed as having an ordinal suffix -म (-ma), which was replaced by Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-). Doublet of प्रथम (pratham) and फ़र्दुम (fardum).
köken: From Proto-Finnic *encimeinen. Derived from the superlative of ensi (with the superlative ending -in: *ensin, genitive *ensim(m)än) with + -inen. The geminated -mm- is due to the word falling in line with other superlative words in Finnish (see -in) which have been influenced by the comparative suffix -mpi. Compare Estonian esimene, Ingrian ensimäin, Karelian ensimäine, Livonian e’žmi, Ludian…
köken: From Proto-Vietic *k-laːk. Cognate with Malieng kələak⁸. Related to Proto-Katuic *kaliiʔ (“forehead”) (whence Western Bru kali̤aʔ). Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經, c. 12th cent.) as 略 (MC ljak) (modern SV: lược) and 畧, alternative form of 略 (MC ljak) (modern SV: lược). Attested as tlước in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
aile: ăn cơm trước kẻng, hồi trước, nhà trước, trước Công Nguyên, trước đây, trước giờ, trước hết, trước khi, trước mắt, trước mặt
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂wós Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírˀwas Proto-Slavic *pьrvъder. Old Church Slavonic прьвъ (prĭvŭ) Bulgarian пръв Inherited from Old Church Slavonic прьвъ (prĭvŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pьrvъ.