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
Ancestry of “ezitai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Veps | ezitada | to bring forward, to present; to portray, to... |
| 2 | Veps | ezi- | fore-, pre-; front; before |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 4 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |