Where does “esikoisteos” come from?

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

esikoisteos (Finnish): first piece of work of an artist; first book of...

Definitions

  1. first piece of work of an artist; first book of...

Ancestry of “esikoisteos”, step by step

esikoisteos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish esikoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishesikoinenfirstborn
2Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
3Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
4Albanian*etës—
5Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →