Where does “striptease-esitys” come from?
striptease-esitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish esitys, from Finnish esittää, 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.
striptease-esitys (Finnish): striptease performance, striptease
Definitions
- striptease performance, striptease
Ancestry of “striptease-esitys”, step by step
striptease-esitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esitys | presentation; show; proposition, proposal |
| 2 | Finnish | esittää | To express, offer, set/put forth, state; To show;... |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Finnish striptease
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | striptease | striptease act or show |
| 2 | English | striptease | The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to... |
| 3 | English | strip | A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area;... |
| 4 | Middle English | strepen | to remove the clothes of, undress, strip; to peel... |
| 5 | Old English | strīepan | plunder |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strēpōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter(h₁)- | to be stiff; be rigid; exert |