Where does “ajoratamerkintä” come from?
ajoratamerkintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajorata, from Finnish ajo, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
ajoratamerkintä (Finnish): road marking
Definitions
- road marking
Ancestry of “ajoratamerkintä”, step by step
ajoratamerkintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ajorata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajorata | carriageway |
| 2 | Finnish | ajo | driving; riding; chase |
| 3 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Finnish merkintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merkintä | marking; entry, booking, recording |
| 2 | Finnish | merkitä | to mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;... |
| 3 | Finnish | merkki | mark, sign; character; symbol |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mærki | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |