Where does “tähtäyslinja” come from?
tähtäyslinja (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.
tähtäyslinja (Finnish): line of sight
Definitions
- line of sight
Ancestry of “tähtäyslinja”, step by step
tähtäyslinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähtäys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähtäys | aiming |
| 2 | Finnish | tähdätä | To aim at, target; To aim at, strive for |
| 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 |