Where does “ratatuomari” come from?
ratatuomari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuomari, from Old Swedish dōmare, from Old Norse dómari, from Old Norse dómr, from Proto-Germanic dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰóh₁mos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
ratatuomari (Finnish): track and field official, track and field referee, track referee
Definitions
- track and field official, track and field referee, track referee
Ancestry of “ratatuomari”, step by step
ratatuomari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuomari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuomari | judge, justice; Short for erotuomari |
| 2 | Old Swedish | dōmare | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | dómari | a judge, one who judges |
| 4 | Old Norse | dómr | judgement |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dōmaz | judgement |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰóh₁mos | that which is put, placed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |