Where does “kuusentähtikirjaaja” come from?
kuusentähtikirjaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähtikirjaaja, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną — to touch.
kuusentähtikirjaaja (Finnish): six-toothed spruce bark beetle, Pityogenes chalcographus small (1.6–2.8 mm long) bark beetle, causes damage primarily on Norway spruce
Definitions
- six-toothed spruce bark beetle, Pityogenes chalcographus small (1.6–2.8 mm long) bark beetle, causes damage primarily on Norway spruce
Ancestry of “kuusentähtikirjaaja”, step by step
kuusentähtikirjaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähtikirjaaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähtikirjaaja | any bark beetle of the genus Pityogenes |
| 2 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 3 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 4 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 5 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 6 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 7 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |