Where does “tähtienvälinen” come from?
tähtienvälinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähti, 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.
tähtienvälinen (Finnish): interstellar
Definitions
- interstellar
Ancestry of “tähtienvälinen”, step by step
tähtienvälinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 2 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 3 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 4 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 5 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 6 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |
via Finnish välinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välinen | being located between something, concretely or... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |