Where does “jahtivouti” come from?
jahtivouti (Finnish) comes from Finnish jahti, from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
jahtivouti (Finnish): an official responsible for organizing and supervising hunting large predators as well as organizing efforts to put out forest fires
Definitions
- an official responsible for organizing and supervising hunting large predators as well as organizing efforts to put out forest fires
Ancestry of “jahtivouti”, step by step
jahtivouti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jahti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jahti | hunt, chase; yacht |
| 2 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |