Where does “itseviittaus” come from?

itseviittaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittaus, from Finnish viitata, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er — he, she.

itseviittaus (Finnish): self-reference

Definitions

  1. self-reference

Ancestry of “itseviittaus”, step by step

itseviittaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviittausraise of hand; wave; reference
2Finnishviitatato point at/to with one's hand; to beckon, wave; to raise one's hand in order to get the floor
3Finnishviittasign; cape, cloak
4Russianсвитаsuite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite
5GermanSuitesuite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms
6German-ierA noun-forming suffix, used especially to render...
7French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
8Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from French -ier
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