Where does “tavoitesäästäminen” come from?
tavoitesäästäminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavoite, from Finnish tavoittaa, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
tavoitesäästäminen (Finnish): target saving, targeted saving; saving money with a specific goal
Definitions
- target saving, targeted saving; saving money with a specific goal
Ancestry of “tavoitesäästäminen”, step by step
tavoitesäästäminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavoite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavoite | target, goal; objective, aim |
| 2 | Finnish | tavoittaa | to catch, catch up; to reach |
| 3 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |
via Finnish säästäminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | säästäminen | saving; Fourth infinitive of säästää |
| 2 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |