Where does “tähtäysavustin” come from?

tähtäysavustin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähtäys, from Finnish tähdätä, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.

tähtäysavustin (Finnish): aim assist, aimbot

Definitions

  1. aim assist, aimbot

Ancestry of “tähtäysavustin”, step by step

tähtäysavustin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tähtäys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähtäysaiming
2FinnishtähdätäTo aim at, target; To aim at, strive for
3Finnishtähtistar; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white...
4Swedishtäkta quarry
5Swedishtoe; a body part
6SwedishtagaDated form of ta
7Old Swedishtakato touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring
8Old Norsetakato take; taking, capture; taking, seizing
9Proto-Germanictēkanąto touch; to grasp
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁g-to touch

via Finnish avustin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavustinassist a mechanism that assists
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g-