Where does “priimustohtori” come from?

priimustohtori (Finnish) comes from Finnish tohtori, from Swedish doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

priimustohtori (Finnish): The individual who graduates with the highest...

Definitions

  1. The individual who graduates with the highest...

Ancestry of “priimustohtori”, step by step

priimustohtori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tohtori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtohtoridoctor; physician
2Swedishdoktordoctor; physician; doctor; person who has...
3Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish priimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpriimusbest student, valedictorian, head of the class;...
2Latinprīmus
3Latinprīsmos
4Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor