Where does “antitau” come from?
antitau (Finnish) comes from Finnish anti, from Finnish antaa, from Proto-Finnic antadak, from Proto-Uralic ëmta- — to give.
antitau (Finnish): antitauon, antitau
Ancestry of “antitau”, step by step
antitau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish anti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | anti | offering, issue; the achieved outcome or result |
| 2 | Finnish | antaa | to give; to allow; to present, donate; To let,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | antadak | to give |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëmta- | to give |
via Finnish tau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tau | tau; tauon, tau |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ταῦ | tau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of... |
| 3 | Phoenician | 𐤕 | taw |
| 4 | Egyptian | 𓏴 | — |