Where does “opastinjärjestelmä” come from?
opastinjärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish opastin, from Finnish opastaa, from Finnish opas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass — that.
opastinjärjestelmä (Finnish): semaphore, semaphore system visual system for transmitting information
Definitions
- semaphore, semaphore system visual system for transmitting information
Ancestry of “opastinjärjestelmä”, step by step
opastinjärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opastin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opastin | semaphore, signal, signaling device; First-person... |
| 2 | Finnish | opastaa | to guide, help; to mentor; to lead |
| 3 | Finnish | opas | guide; guide book, guide |
| 4 | Finnish | äs | ess; argh |
| 5 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 6 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 7 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 8 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 9 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 10 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 11 | English | ā- | — |
| 12 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 13 | Middle French | a- | — |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |