Where does “edesmennä” come from?

edesmennä (Finnish) comes from Finnish edes, 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.

edesmennä (Finnish): to pass away

Definitions

  1. to pass away

Ancestry of “edesmennä”, step by step

edesmennä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishedeseven; at least; anyway
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 mennä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
2Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
3Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →