Where does “tavutusohjelma” come from?
tavutusohjelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavutus, from Finnish tavuttaa, from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr — to stand still; to harden.
tavutusohjelma (Finnish): syllabification program, hyphenation program
Definitions
- syllabification program, hyphenation program
Ancestry of “tavutusohjelma”, step by step
tavutusohjelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavutus | hyphenation, syllabation, syllabification |
| 2 | Finnish | tavuttaa | to syllabify, to hyphenate |
| 3 | Finnish | tavu | syllable; byte |
| 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 |