Where does “ehtolause” come from?
ehtolause (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehto, from Finnish ehtiä, from Proto-Finnic ehtidäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic ešte-.
ehtolause (Finnish): conditional sentence, conditional; conditional
Definitions
- conditional sentence, conditional; conditional
Ancestry of “ehtolause”, step by step
ehtolause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ehto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ehto | condition, term; reservation; candidacy in an... |
| 2 | Finnish | ehtiä | to make it, arrive or reach; to have/find time |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ehtidäk | to prepare, to get ready |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ešte- | — |
via Finnish lause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lause | clause; sentence; theorem |
| 2 | Finnish | lausua | to say, speak, utter, pronounce; to pronounce,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lausudak | to say |