Where does “esitelmä” come from?
esitelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish esitellä, from Finnish esittää, 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.
esitelmä (Finnish): An oral presentation or a lecture, especially one...
Definitions
- An oral presentation or a lecture, especially one...
Ancestry of “esitelmä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | esitellä | to introduce; to present, explain, expound upon;... |
| 2 | Finnish | esittää | To express, offer, set/put forth, state; To show;... |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
Words derived from “esitelmä”