Where does “edistystyö” come from?

edistystyö (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.

edistystyö (Finnish): work done to make something progress

Definitions

  1. work done to make something progress

Ancestry of “edistystyö”, step by step

edistystyö 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 työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →