Where does “ära käima” come from?

ära käima (Estonian) comes from Estonian käima, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną — to go.

ära käima (Estonian): to visit, to go somewhere, to go

Definitions

  1. to visit, to go somewhere, to go

Ancestry of “ära käima”, step by step

ära käima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian käima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankäimato walk; to go; to move, to go
2Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
3Proto-Finnickäwe-—
4Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go

via Estonian ära

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianärado not/don’t
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic käwe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic käüdäk →