Where does “vaaituslatta” come from?
vaaituslatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaaitus, from Finnish vaaittaa, from Finnish vaaka, from Old Swedish vāgh, from Old Norse vág, from Proto-Germanic wēgō, from Proto-Germanic weganą, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.
vaaituslatta (Finnish): level staff
Definitions
- level staff
Ancestry of “vaaituslatta”, step by step
vaaituslatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaaitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaaitus | leveling |
| 2 | Finnish | vaaittaa | to level |
| 3 | Finnish | vaaka | scales; horizontal |
| 4 | Old Swedish | vāgh | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | vág | balance, scales; weight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēgō | scales; weight |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weganą | to move, to carry; to weigh |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via Finnish latta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | latta | batten; level staff |
| 2 | Swedish | lätta | get lighter, lose weight; lighten, relieve |
| 3 | Swedish | lätt | light; of low weight; light, lean, low-fat;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | lætter | light; easy; easily disrupted |
| 5 | Old Norse | léttr | light; easy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | linhtaz | light |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lengʷʰ- | light |