Where does “pimeätähtäin” come from?
pimeätähtäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähtäin, from Finnish tähdätä, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
pimeätähtäin (Finnish): night scope e.g. for an RPG launcher
Definitions
- night scope e.g. for an RPG launcher
Ancestry of “pimeätähtäin”, step by step
pimeätähtäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähtäin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähtäin | sight |
| 2 | Finnish | tähdätä | To aim at, target; To aim at, strive for |
| 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 |