Where does “etsaaja” come from?
etsaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish etsata, from German ätzen, from Middle High German etzen, from Old High German etzen, from Proto-Germanic atjaną, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
etsaaja (Finnish): etcher
Ancestry of “etsaaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | etsata | To etch |
| 2 | German | ätzen | to etch; to cauterize; to provoke |
| 3 | Middle High German | etzen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | etzen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | atjaną | to incite; to cause/allow to eat; to pasture;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |