Where does “lumitähti” come from?

lumitähti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.

lumitähti (Finnish): snow star a star with a snowflake-like appearance

Definitions

  1. snow star a star with a snowflake-like appearance

Ancestry of “lumitähti”, step by step

lumitähti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tähti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähtistar; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white...
2Swedishtäkta quarry
3Swedishtåtoe; a body part
4SwedishtagaDated form of ta
5Old Swedishtakato touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring
6Old Norsetakato take; taking, capture; taking, seizing
7Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tēkaną →Every word from Old Norse taka →