Where does “*etës” come from?
*etës (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
Ancestry of “*etës”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |