Where does “tenttaaja” come from?

tenttaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tentata, from Finnish tentti, from Swedish tentamen, from Latin tentamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

tenttaaja (Finnish): examiner, tester especially in an educational setting

Definitions

  1. examiner, tester especially in an educational setting

Ancestry of “tenttaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtentatato test, assess, organize an exam to
2Finnishtenttiexamination; Third-person singular indicative...
3Swedishtentamenan examination
4Latintentamenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
5Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
6Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin tentamen →