Where does “tähystely” come from?
tähystely (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähystellä, 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.
tähystely (Finnish): sighting, keeping a lookout
Definitions
- sighting, keeping a lookout
Ancestry of “tähystely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähystellä | — |
| 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 |