Where does “tiskirätti” come from?
tiskirätti (Finnish) comes from Finnish rätti, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
tiskirätti (Finnish): dishcloth
Definitions
- dishcloth
Ancestry of “tiskirätti”, step by step
tiskirätti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rätti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rätti | A rag; A garment; A sail |
| 2 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Finnish tiski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiski | desk; counter; dishes |
| 2 | Swedish | disk | counter; table on which business is transacted;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | diskr | plate |
| 4 | Old English | disċ | plate; bowl; dish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | disk | dish |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |