Where does “edustuskelpoinen” come from?

edustuskelpoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish edustus, 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.

edustuskelpoinen (Finnish): presentable, in a state where one may be presented

Definitions

  1. presentable, in a state where one may be presented

Ancestry of “edustuskelpoinen”, step by step

edustuskelpoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edustus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishedustusrepresentation
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 kelpoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelpoineneligible
2Finnishkelpodecent, good, fine
3Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
4Proto-Finnickelbat'akto do, to suffice
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

Words derived from “edustuskelpoinen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-