Where does “edustaja” come from?

edustaja (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

edustaja (Finnish): representative; spokesman, spokeswoman,...

Definitions

  1. representative; spokesman, spokeswoman,...

Ancestry of “edustaja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “edustaja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Finnish esi-