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Where does “esineellistää” come from?

esineellistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish esineellinen, from Finnish esine, 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.

esineellistää (Finnish): to objectify; to reify

Definitions

  1. to objectify; to reify

Ancestry of “esineellistää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishesineellinenconcrete, corporeal, material, pertaining to...
2Finnishesineobject, item, thing; artifact
3Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
4Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
5Albanian*etës—
6Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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