Where does “euroopanmestaruuskilpailu” come from?
euroopanmestaruuskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish euroopanmestaruus, from Finnish mestaruus, from Finnish mestari, from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre — big, great.
euroopanmestaruuskilpailu (Finnish): European Championship Games
Definitions
- European Championship Games
Ancestry of “euroopanmestaruuskilpailu”, step by step
euroopanmestaruuskilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish euroopanmestaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | euroopanmestaruus | European championship |
| 2 | Finnish | mestaruus | mastery, virtuosity; championship |
| 3 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 8 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 9 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |