Where does “etuvartiokahakka” come from?

etuvartiokahakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish etuvartio, 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.

etuvartiokahakka (Finnish): skirmish at a military outpost

Definitions

  1. skirmish at a military outpost

Ancestry of “etuvartiokahakka”, step by step

etuvartiokahakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etuvartio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetuvartioadvance guard, vanguard
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 kahakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahakkaskirmish
2Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
3Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →