Where does “amatööritähtitieteilijä” come from?
amatööritähtitieteilijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish amatööri, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amatööritähtitieteilijä (Finnish): amateur astronomer
Definitions
- amateur astronomer
Ancestry of “amatööritähtitieteilijä”, step by step
amatööritähtitieteilijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish amatööri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | amatööri | Synonym of harrastaja; Synonym of harrastelija |
| 2 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 3 | Latin | amātor | a (male) friend |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish tähtitieteilijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähtitieteilijä | astronomer |
| 2 | Finnish | tieteilijä | -ologist, scientist |
| 3 | Finnish | tieteillä | to dabble in science |
| 4 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 5 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 6 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |