Where does “tähti” come from?
tähti (Finnish) comes from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European deh₁g- — to touch.
tähti (Finnish): star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white...
Definitions
- star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white...
Ancestry of “tähti”, step by step
tähti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish täkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 2 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 3 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 4 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 5 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |
via Finnish tieteellinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tieteellinen | scientific |
| 2 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 3 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |
via Finnish kiintotähti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiintotähti | fixed star |
| 2 | Finnish | kiinto- | solid, firm, fixed |
| 3 | Finnish | kiintää | to fasten, to keep attached or touching to... |
| 4 | Finnish | kiintyä | To become fond, attached |
| 5 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |