Where does “tahdikkaasti” come from?
tahdikkaasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähdikäs, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną — to touch.
tahdikkaasti (Finnish): tactfully
Definitions
- tactfully
Ancestry of “tahdikkaasti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähdikäs | starry |
| 2 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 3 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 4 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 5 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 6 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 7 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |