Where does “etenemä” come from?

etenemä (Finnish) comes from Finnish edetä, 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.

etenemä (Finnish): protrusion; depth

Definitions

  1. protrusion; depth

Ancestry of “etenemä”, step by step

etenemä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish edetä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishedetäTo advance, proceed, make headway, move/go...
2Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
3Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
4Albanian*etës—
5Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →