Where does “esi-” come from?

esi- (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

esi- (Finnish): pre-, fore-

Definitions

  1. pre-, fore-

Ancestry of “esi-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
2Albanian*etës—
3Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “esi-”

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