Where does “entä” come from?

entä (Finnish) comes from Middle Low German ende, from Old Saxon endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

entä (Finnish): what about?; what?

Definitions

  1. what about?; what?

Ancestry of “entä”, step by step

entä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German ende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanende—
2Old Saxonendiand; end, limit, border
3Proto-West Germanicandīend
4Proto-Germanicandijazend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Old Norse enda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseendato end
2Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
5Proto-Indo-European-sDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “entä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos →