Where does “etä-” come from?

etä- (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic etä, from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä.

etä- (Finnish): distant, remote, long-distance, far-off

Definitions

  1. distant, remote, long-distance, far-off

Ancestry of “etä-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicetäfar, distant
2Proto-Finno-Permicečkä—

Words derived from “etä-”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic etä →