Where does “ilmatähystys” come from?
ilmatähystys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähystys, from Finnish tähystää, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
ilmatähystys (Finnish): spotting and tracking of military aircraft for air defense purposes, e.g. to provide early air raid warnings
Definitions
- spotting and tracking of military aircraft for air defense purposes, e.g. to provide early air raid warnings
Ancestry of “ilmatähystys”, step by step
ilmatähystys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähystys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähystys | lookout, viewing, monitoring |
| 2 | Finnish | tähystää | to keep a lookout; to examine with an endoscope |
| 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 |