Where does “raideopastin” come from?
raideopastin (Finnish) comes from Finnish opastin, from Finnish opastaa, from Finnish opas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass — that.
raideopastin (Finnish): dwarf signal (e.g. for shunting)
Definitions
- dwarf signal (e.g. for shunting)
Ancestry of “raideopastin”, step by step
raideopastin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opastin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opastin | semaphore, signal, signaling device; First-person... |
| 2 | Finnish | opastaa | to guide, help; to mentor; to lead |
| 3 | Finnish | opas | guide; guide book, guide |
| 4 | Finnish | äs | ess; argh |
| 5 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 6 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 7 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 8 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 9 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 10 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 11 | English | ā- | — |
| 12 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 13 | Middle French | a- | — |
| 14 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 15 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 16 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 17 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Finnish raide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raide | track, railroad track; numbered track or platform... |
| 2 | Finnish | Raita | stripe, band long strip of a colour or material |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |