Where does “mestaruusturnaus” come from?
mestaruusturnaus (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.
mestaruusturnaus (Finnish): championship, championship tournament
Definitions
- championship, championship tournament
Ancestry of “mestaruusturnaus”, step by step
mestaruusturnaus 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 turnaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turnaus | A tournament |
| 2 | Swedish | turnering | a tournament |
| 3 | Swedish | turnera | to tour |
| 4 | French | tourner | to turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour |
| 5 | Middle French | tourner | to turn; to return; to turn into; to change into |
| 6 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 7 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 8 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |