Where does “tavoitetaso” come from?
tavoitetaso (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.
tavoitetaso (Finnish): target level
Definitions
- target level
Ancestry of “tavoitetaso”, step by step
tavoitetaso 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 |