Where does “numerotilintarkastaja” come from?
numerotilintarkastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilintarkastaja, from Finnish tarkastaja, from Finnish tarkastaa, from Finnish tarkka, from Swedish stärk, from Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic starkuz — rigid, stiff; to love.
numerotilintarkastaja (Finnish): An auditor, often a junior one, whose main task is to verify that the numbers presented in account books are correct
Definitions
- An auditor, often a junior one, whose main task is to verify that the numbers presented in account books are correct
Ancestry of “numerotilintarkastaja”, step by step
numerotilintarkastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tilintarkastaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tilintarkastaja | auditor |
| 2 | Finnish | tarkastaja | inspector, supervisor, superintendent; revisor |
| 3 | Finnish | tarkastaa | to check, inspect |
| 4 | Finnish | tarkka | accurate, exact, precise; particular, pedantic,... |
| 5 | Swedish | stärk | strong |
| 6 | Old Swedish | starker | stiff, rigid; steady; strong |
| 7 | Old Norse | sterkr | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |