Where does “taksamittari” come from?
taksamittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish taksa, from Swedish taxa, from Middle Low German tax, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.
taksamittari (Finnish): taximeter
Definitions
- taximeter
Ancestry of “taksamittari”, step by step
taksamittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taksa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taksa | fee |
| 2 | Swedish | taxa | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tax | — |
| 4 | Old French | taxe | — |
| 5 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
via Finnish mittari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mittari | meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid... |
| 2 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 4 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |