Where does “maailmanmestaruus” come from?
maailmanmestaruus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mestaruus, from Finnish mestari, from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister — big, great.
maailmanmestaruus (Finnish): world championship
Definitions
- world championship
Ancestry of “maailmanmestaruus”, step by step
maailmanmestaruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mestaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mestaruus | mastery, virtuosity; championship |
| 2 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 7 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 8 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Finnish maailma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maailma | the Earth; a world; a celestial body |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *maailma | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |