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Where does “rättäri” come from?

rättäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish rättisitikka, from Finnish rätti, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.

rättäri (Finnish): A nickname of the French carmaker Citroën's 2 CV...

Definitions

  1. A nickname of the French carmaker Citroën's 2 CV...

Ancestry of “rättäri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrättisitikkaA nickname of the French carmaker Citroën's 2 CV...
2FinnishrättiA rag; A garment; A sail
3Swedishrättright, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,...
4Middle Low Germanrât—
5Old Saxonrāt—
6Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
7Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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