Where does “esilläolo” come from?

esilläolo (Finnish) comes from Finnish esillä, 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.

esilläolo (Finnish): exposure, display, visibility, presence

Definitions

  1. exposure, display, visibility, presence

Ancestry of “esilläolo”, step by step

esilläolo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish esillä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishesilläout (in the open), visible, showing
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 olo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholobeing, the action of the verb olla; feeling,...
2Finnishollato be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;...
3Proto-Finnicoldakto be
4Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-