Where does “alijättiläistähti” come from?
alijättiläistähti (Finnish) comes from Finnish alijättiläinen, from Finnish jättiläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Ancestry of “alijättiläistähti”, step by step
alijättiläistähti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alijättiläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alijättiläinen | subgiant |
| 2 | Finnish | jättiläinen | A giant; An ogre; giant, gigantic; sometimes also... |
| 3 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish tähti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 2 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 3 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 4 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 5 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 6 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |