Where does “edustustili” come from?

edustustili (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.

edustustili (Finnish): expense account bank account

Definitions

  1. expense account bank account

Ancestry of “edustustili”, step by step

edustustili 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 tili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiliaccount
2Old Saxonthili
3Proto-Germanicþiljǭboard; plank; floorboard; flooring; deck
4Proto-Indo-Europeantel-flat; board, plank; to be still; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-