Where does “edistysaskel” come from?

edistysaskel (Finnish) comes from Finnish edistys, from Finnish edistää, 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.

edistysaskel (Finnish): step forward, advancement, breakthrough, progress

Definitions

  1. step forward, advancement, breakthrough, progress

Ancestry of “edistysaskel”, step by step

edistysaskel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishedistysprogress
2Finnishedistääto advance, further, forward, help/urge forward,...
3Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
4Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
5Albanian*etës—
6Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish askel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaskelstep, pace; step
2Proto-Finnicaskelstep, pace
3Proto-Uralicaśkelestep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →