Where does “etuilija” come from?

etuilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish etuilla, from Finnish etu-, from Finnish etu, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

etuilija (Finnish): cutter, queue-jumper

Definitions

  1. cutter, queue-jumper

Ancestry of “etuilija”, step by step

etuilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etuilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetuillato cut in, jump the queue; also to butt, barge,...
2Finnishetu-front, fore-
3Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
4Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
5Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
6Albanian*etës—
7Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →