Where does “tähtihalma” come from?
tähtihalma (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.
Ancestry of “tähtihalma”, step by step
tähtihalma 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 halma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halma | halma |
| 2 | English | Halma | A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἅλμα | spring, leap, jump; jumping, as an athletic... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μα | Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |