Where does “käräjätuomari” come from?

käräjätuomari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuomari, from Old Swedish dōmare, from Old Norse dómari, from Old Norse dómr, from Proto-Germanic dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

käräjätuomari (Finnish): käräjäoikeus judge, district court judge

Definitions

  1. käräjäoikeus judge, district court judge

Ancestry of “käräjätuomari”, step by step

käräjätuomari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuomari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuomarijudge, justice; Short for erotuomari
2Old Swedishdōmare—
3Old Norsedómaria judge, one who judges
4Old Norsedómrjudgement
5Proto-Germanicdōmazjudgement
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰóh₁mosthat which is put, placed
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish käräjät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäräjätcourt; thing, Thing
2Finnishkerätäto collect, gather, accumulate; to pick
3Finnish-ataDerives verbs
4Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →