Where does “teetarjotin” come from?
teetarjotin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjotin, from Navajo -TIN, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.
teetarjotin (Finnish): tea tray
Definitions
- tea tray
Ancestry of “teetarjotin”, step by step
teetarjotin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tarjotin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tarjotin | tray, platter |
| 2 | Navajo | -TIN | to freeze |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 4 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 7 | Old French | ton | your |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
via Finnish tee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tee | tea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the... |
| 2 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 3 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 4 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 5 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 6 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 7 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |