Where does “edustustehtävä” come from?

edustustehtävä (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.

edustustehtävä (Finnish): representative function, representative duty, representation

Definitions

  1. representative function, representative duty, representation

Ancestry of “edustustehtävä”, step by step

edustustehtävä 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 tehtävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehtävätask a piece of work done as part of one's duties
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →