Where does “eci” come from?
eci (Proto-Finnic) comes from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
eci (Proto-Finnic): before; in front
Ancestry of “eci”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |