Where does “edunsaaja” come from?

edunsaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish etu, 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.

edunsaaja (Finnish): beneficiary

Definitions

  1. beneficiary

Ancestry of “edunsaaja”, step by step

edunsaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
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 saaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaajareceiver; payee
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →