Where does “etelä” come from?

etelä (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic etelä, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

etelä (Votic): southwest

Definitions

  1. southwest

Ancestry of “etelä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniceteläsouth-southwest
2Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
3Albanian*etës—
4Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Albanian *aitatja →
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