Where does “tähele panema” come from?
tähele panema (Estonian) comes from Estonian tähele, from Estonian täht, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
tähele panema (Estonian): to pay attention, to notice
Definitions
- to pay attention, to notice
Ancestry of “tähele panema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | tähele | allative singular of täht; Forms a single phrasal... |
| 2 | Estonian | täht | letter; star |
| 3 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 4 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 5 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 6 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 7 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 8 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |