Where does “edelläkäyvä” come from?

edelläkäyvä (Finnish) comes from Finnish edellä, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

edelläkäyvä (Finnish): preliminary, prevenient, previous

Definitions

  1. preliminary, prevenient, previous

Ancestry of “edelläkäyvä”, step by step

edelläkäyvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishedelläabove, before; first, in front; before, ahead of,...
2Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
3Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
4Albanian*etës
5Proto-Albanian*aitatja
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish käyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäyväPresent active participle of käydä
2Finnish-stiForms adverbs describing how many times something...
3Proto-Finnic-stikForms adverbs of manner from adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-