Where does “vaaituskoje” come from?

vaaituskoje (Finnish) comes from Finnish koje, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

vaaituskoje (Finnish): surveyor's level

Definitions

  1. surveyor's level

Ancestry of “vaaituskoje”, step by step

vaaituskoje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkojeinstrument; device; machine
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish vaaitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaaitusleveling
2Finnishvaaittaato level
3Finnishvaakascales; horizontal
4Old Swedishvāgh
5Old Norsevágbalance, scales; weight
6Proto-Germanicwēgōscales; weight
7Proto-Germanicweganąto move, to carry; to weigh
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης