Where does “tavoitteellisuus” come from?
tavoitteellisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavoitteellinen, from Finnish tavoite, from Finnish tavoittaa, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr — to stand still; to harden.
tavoitteellisuus (Finnish): being goal-directed or goal-oriented
Definitions
- being goal-directed or goal-oriented
Ancestry of “tavoitteellisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavoitteellinen | goal-directed, goal-oriented, result-oriented, tendentious |
| 2 | Finnish | tavoite | target, goal; objective, aim |
| 3 | Finnish | tavoittaa | to catch, catch up; to reach |
| 4 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 5 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 6 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 7 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 8 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 9 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |