Where does “maailmanmestaruusjoukkue” come from?
maailmanmestaruusjoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish maailmanmestaruus, 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 — big, great.
maailmanmestaruusjoukkue (Finnish): world championship team
Definitions
- world championship team
Ancestry of “maailmanmestaruusjoukkue”, step by step
maailmanmestaruusjoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maailmanmestaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maailmanmestaruus | world championship |
| 2 | Finnish | mestaruus | mastery, virtuosity; championship |
| 3 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 8 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 9 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |