Where does “edellispäiväinen” come from?
edellispäiväinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish edellispäivä, from Finnish edellinen, from Finnish edellä, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
edellispäiväinen (Finnish): that happened the previous day
Definitions
- that happened the previous day
Ancestry of “edellispäiväinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edellispäivä | the other day |
| 2 | Finnish | edellinen | previous |
| 3 | Finnish | edellä | above, before; first, in front; before, ahead of,... |
| 4 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 6 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |