Where does “eteisvahtimestari” come from?
eteisvahtimestari (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahtimestari, from Finnish mestari, from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister — big, great.
eteisvahtimestari (Finnish): doorman
Definitions
- doorman
Ancestry of “eteisvahtimestari”, step by step
eteisvahtimestari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vahtimestari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vahtimestari | porter, doorkeeper, doorman; janitor; attendant |
| 2 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 7 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 8 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Finnish eteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eteinen | outer hall, entry, vestibule; hall, corridor,... |
| 2 | Finnish | etehinen | Alternative form of eteinen |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |