Where does “tähyillä” come from?
tähyillä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähytä, from Finnish tähystää, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
tähyillä (Finnish): to peer, look, gaze
Definitions
- to peer, look, gaze
Ancestry of “tähyillä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähytä | to watch attentively |
| 2 | Finnish | tähystää | to keep a lookout; to examine with an endoscope |
| 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 |