Where does “maailmanmestaruusottelu” come from?
maailmanmestaruusottelu (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.
maailmanmestaruusottelu (Finnish): world championship game, world championship match
Definitions
- world championship game, world championship match
Ancestry of “maailmanmestaruusottelu”, step by step
maailmanmestaruusottelu 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 |