Where does “piirinmestaruuskilpailut” come from?
piirinmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirinmestaruus, 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 — big, great.
piirinmestaruuskilpailut (Finnish): district championships competition to decide the district champion
Definitions
- district championships competition to decide the district champion
Ancestry of “piirinmestaruuskilpailut”, step by step
piirinmestaruuskilpailut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirinmestaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirinmestaruus | district championship |
| 2 | Finnish | mestaruus | mastery, virtuosity; championship |
| 3 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 8 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 9 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |