Where does “eika” come from?

eika (Proto-Albanian) comes from Finnish ka, from Finnish kaa, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd — resin.

Ancestry of “eika”, step by step

eika traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalook!; also, too
2Finnishkaawith; API; two
3Finnishkanssawith; also, too
4Finnishkansassa
5Finnishkansapeople; nation
6Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
7Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Finnish ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheino; The third-person singular form of the...
2Proto-Finnice-The negative verb
3Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Proto-Indo-European h₁éy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “eika

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti