Where does “etusijaisuus” come from?

etusijaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish etusijainen, 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.

Ancestry of “etusijaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetusijainen—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →