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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

  1. doorman

Ancestry of “eteisvahtimestari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahtimestariporter, doorkeeper, doorman; janitor; attendant
2Finnishmestarimaster; expert; champion
3Old Swedishmæstare—
4Old Norsemeistari—
5Middle Low Germanmeister—
6Old Saxonmēstar—
7Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
8Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
9Proto-Italicmagisteros—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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