Where does “esitelmäkokous” come from?
esitelmäkokous (Finnish) comes from Finnish esitelmä, 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 — to go.
esitelmäkokous (Finnish): symposium a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
Definitions
- symposium a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
Ancestry of “esitelmäkokous”, step by step
esitelmäkokous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esitelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esitelmä | An oral presentation or a lecture, especially one... |
| 2 | Finnish | esitellä | to introduce; to present, explain, expound upon;... |
| 3 | Finnish | esittää | To express, offer, set/put forth, state; To show;... |
| 4 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 6 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |