Where does “edellytys” come from?
edellytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish edellyttää, from Finnish edeltää, 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.
edellytys (Finnish): prerequisite; requirement
Definitions
- prerequisite; requirement
Ancestry of “edellytys”, step by step
edellytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish edellyttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edellyttää | to require, oblige, call for, make imperative; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | edeltää | To precede, go before, go ahead of, come before,... |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |