Where does “sydämentahdistin” come from?
sydämentahdistin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tahdistin, from Finnish tahdistaa, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
sydämentahdistin (Finnish): pacemaker
Definitions
- pacemaker
Ancestry of “sydämentahdistin”, step by step
sydämentahdistin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tahdistin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tahdistin | synchronizer; pacemaker; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | tahdistaa | to synchronise/synchronize |
| 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 |