Where does “tohtori” come from?

tohtori (Finnish) comes from Swedish doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tohtori (Finnish): doctor; physician

Definitions

  1. doctor; physician

Ancestry of “tohtori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdoktordoctor; physician; doctor; person who has...
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “tohtori

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor