Where does “taivashautaus” come from?
taivashautaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish taivas, from Proto-Finnic taivas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
taivashautaus (Finnish): sky burial
Definitions
- sky burial
Ancestry of “taivashautaus”, step by step
taivashautaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taivas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taivas | sky; heaven |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | taivas | sky |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | deiwas | god |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish hautaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hautaus | burial, entombment |
| 2 | Finnish | haudata | to bury, inter, entomb; to bury, abandon |
| 3 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |