Where does “etutähtäin” come from?
etutähtäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähtäin, from Finnish tähdätä, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
etutähtäin (Finnish): front sight, foresight
Definitions
- front sight, foresight
Ancestry of “etutähtäin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähtäin | sight |
| 2 | Finnish | tähdätä | To aim at, target; To aim at, strive for |
| 3 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 4 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 5 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 6 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 7 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 8 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |