Where does “T-risteys” come from?

T-risteys (Finnish) comes from Finnish t, from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.

T-risteys (Finnish): T-junction

Definitions

  1. T-junction

Ancestry of “T-risteys”, step by step

T-risteys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtAbbreviation of tavu
2Finnishtavusyllable; byte
3Finnishtavatato meet; to meet up; to find, to catch
4Swedishstavato spell; to write the individual letters of a...
5Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
6Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
7Old Norsestafrstaff
8Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ
9Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Finnish risteys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishristeyscrossing, intersection, junction
2Finnishristetäto intersect, cross
3FinnishRisticross
4Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
5Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
6Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
7Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic stabazEvery word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ