Where does “eduskuntalaki” come from?

eduskuntalaki (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.

eduskuntalaki (Finnish): a statute passed by the parliament

Definitions

  1. a statute passed by the parliament

Ancestry of “eduskuntalaki”, step by step

eduskuntalaki 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 laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh—
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →