Where does “pöytäkirjantarkastaja” come from?

pöytäkirjantarkastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarkastaja, from Finnish tarkastaa, from Finnish tarkka, from Swedish stärk, from Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.

pöytäkirjantarkastaja (Finnish): a person who scrutinizes and proofreads the minutes (e.g. of a meeting) and makes sure they are accurate

Definitions

  1. a person who scrutinizes and proofreads the minutes (e.g. of a meeting) and makes sure they are accurate

Ancestry of “pöytäkirjantarkastaja”, step by step

pöytäkirjantarkastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarkastaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarkastajainspector, supervisor, superintendent; revisor
2Finnishtarkastaato check, inspect
3Finnishtarkkaaccurate, exact, precise; particular, pedantic,...
4Swedishstärkstrong
5Old Swedishstarkerstiff, rigid; steady; strong
6Old Norsesterkrstrong
7Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
8Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

via Finnish pöytäkirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöytäkirjaminutes, proceedings, protocol record of a meeting; document setting out an agreement reached in a negotiation
2Finnishpöytätable
3Latinmēnsaa table
4Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-Every word from Proto-Germanic sterkanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic starkuz