Where does “kehitystavoite” come from?
kehitystavoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavoite, from Finnish tavoittaa, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
kehitystavoite (Finnish): development goal, development objective
Definitions
- development goal, development objective
Ancestry of “kehitystavoite”, step by step
kehitystavoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavoite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavoite | target, goal; objective, aim |
| 2 | Finnish | tavoittaa | to catch, catch up; to reach |
| 3 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |