Where does “tahdistuslaite” come from?
tahdistuslaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish tahdistus, from Finnish tahdistaa, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
tahdistuslaite (Finnish): synchronization device
Definitions
- synchronization device
Ancestry of “tahdistuslaite”, step by step
tahdistuslaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tahdistus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tahdistus | synchronising/synchronizing, synchronisation/synchronization |
| 2 | Finnish | tahdistaa | to synchronise/synchronize |
| 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 |