Where does “vaakanävertäjä” come from?
vaakanävertäjä (Finnish) comes 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.
vaakanävertäjä (Finnish): lesser pine shoot beetle
Definitions
- lesser pine shoot beetle
Ancestry of “vaakanävertäjä”, step by step
vaakanävertäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaaka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaaka | scales; horizontal |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vāgh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | vág | balance, scales; weight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wēgō | scales; weight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | weganą | to move, to carry; to weigh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via Finnish nävertäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nävertäjä | any of certain beetles that damage trees |
| 2 | Finnish | nävertää | to bore with a gimlet; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |