Where does “eduskuntaehdokas” come from?

eduskuntaehdokas (Finnish) comes from Finnish eduskunta, from Finnish edustaa, from Finnish etu, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

eduskuntaehdokas (Finnish): parliamentary candidate

Definitions

  1. parliamentary candidate

Ancestry of “eduskuntaehdokas”, step by step

eduskuntaehdokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eduskunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheduskuntathe Finnish Parliament; Any parliament
2Finnishedustaato represent; Partitive singular form of edusta
3Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
4Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
5Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
6Albanian*etës—
7Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish ehdokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehdokascandidate; nominee
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →