Where does “etuvartiopalvelus” come from?

etuvartiopalvelus (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.

etuvartiopalvelus (Finnish): service at a military outpost

Definitions

  1. service at a military outpost

Ancestry of “etuvartiopalvelus”, step by step

etuvartiopalvelus 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 palvelus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelusservice; favor
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Finnish esi- →
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