Where does “hakuagentti” come from?

hakuagentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish agentti, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

hakuagentti (Finnish): search agent

Definitions

  1. search agent

Ancestry of “hakuagentti”, step by step

hakuagentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish agentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishagenttiagent
2Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →
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