Where does “ezitai” come from?

ezitai (Veps) comes from Veps ezitada, from Veps ezi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ezitai (Veps): delegate, representative

Definitions

  1. delegate, representative

Ancestry of “ezitai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsezitadato bring forward, to present; to portray, to...
2Vepsezi-fore-, pre-; front; before
3Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
4Albanian*etës—
5Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Albanian *aitatja →