Where does “teratavu” come from?

teratavu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz — to stand still; to harden.

teratavu (Finnish): terabyte

Definitions

  1. terabyte

Ancestry of “teratavu”, step by step

teratavu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tavu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtavusyllable; byte
2Finnishtavatato meet; to meet up; to find, to catch
3Swedishstavato spell; to write the individual letters of a...
4Swedishstava staff, a rod; a letter
5Old Swedishstaverstaff, cane
6Old Norsestafrstaff
7Proto-Norseᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ—
8Proto-Germanicstabazstaff, stick
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstebʰ-to stand still; to harden

via Finnish terä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
2Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
3Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stabaz →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ →