Where does “edesottamus” come from?

edesottamus (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.

edesottamus (Finnish): doing, antic, escapade

Definitions

  1. doing, antic, escapade

Ancestry of “edesottamus”, step by step

edesottamus 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 ottamus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottamus—
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →