Where does “edustajakamari” come from?
edustajakamari (Finnish) comes from Finnish edustaja, 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.
edustajakamari (Finnish): chamber of representatives
Definitions
- chamber of representatives
Ancestry of “edustajakamari”, step by step
edustajakamari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish edustaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edustaja | representative; spokesman, spokeswoman,... |
| 2 | Finnish | edustaa | to represent; Partitive singular form of edusta |
| 3 | Finnish | etu | advantage; benefit, interest |
| 4 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 6 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Finnish kamari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kamari | chamber, bedroom; house |
| 2 | Swedish | kammare | a chamber, a room; a small space, a chamber; an... |
| 3 | Old Norse | kamarr | privy |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |