Where does “lastentarhanopettaja” come from?
lastentarhanopettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lastentarha, from German Kindergarten, from German garten, from German Stadt, from Middle High German stat, from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz.
lastentarhanopettaja (Finnish): kindergarten teacher
Definitions
- kindergarten teacher
Ancestry of “lastentarhanopettaja”, step by step
lastentarhanopettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lastentarha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lastentarha | kindergarten |
| 2 | German | Kindergarten | nursery school; kindergarten; day care center |
| 3 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 4 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 5 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 6 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |