Where does “esseetehdas” come from?

esseetehdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish essee, from Swedish essä, from French essai, from Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.

esseetehdas (Finnish): essay mill

Definitions

  1. essay mill

Ancestry of “esseetehdas”, step by step

esseetehdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish essee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishesseeessay; Synonym of aine
2Swedishessäessay
3Frenchessaitry, trial; assay; try
4Old Frenchessaitrial
5Late Latinexagiumweight; weighing, testing on the balance;...
6Latinexigōto drive out; expel
7Latinagōto act, to behave
8Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish tehdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehdasfactory; mill
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 h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →