Where does “ajojahti” come from?
ajojahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish jahti, from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
ajojahti (Finnish): battue; manhunt; witch-hunt
Definitions
- battue; manhunt; witch-hunt
Ancestry of “ajojahti”, step by step
ajojahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jahti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jahti | hunt, chase; yacht |
| 2 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish ajo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajo | driving; riding; chase |
| 2 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |