Where does “paksusuolentähystys” come from?
paksusuolentähystys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähystys, from Finnish tähystää, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
paksusuolentähystys (Finnish): colonoscopy
Definitions
- colonoscopy
Ancestry of “paksusuolentähystys”, step by step
paksusuolentähystys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähystys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähystys | lookout, viewing, monitoring |
| 2 | Finnish | tähystää | to keep a lookout; to examine with an endoscope |
| 3 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 4 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 5 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 6 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 7 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 8 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |