Where does “eteenpäinen” come from?
eteenpäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish eteenpäin, from Finnish eteen, 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.
eteenpäinen (Finnish): forward
Ancestry of “eteenpäinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | eteenpäin | forward, onward, ahead; forth; along |
| 2 | Finnish | eteen | in front of, to the front of; into the way of;... |
| 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 |