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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →