Where does “viittausjärjestelmä” come from?

viittausjärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittaus, from Finnish viitata, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er — he, she.

viittausjärjestelmä (Finnish): reference system system of adding references

Definitions

  1. reference system system of adding references

Ancestry of “viittausjärjestelmä”, step by step

viittausjärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viittaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviittausraise of hand; wave; reference
2Finnishviitatato point at/to with one's hand; to beckon, wave; to raise one's hand in order to get the floor
3Finnishviittasign; cape, cloak
4Russianсвитаsuite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite
5GermanSuitesuite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms
6German-ierA noun-forming suffix, used especially to render...
7French-ierused to form the names of trees bearing a...
8Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish järjestelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärjestelmäsystem
2Finnishjärjestääto arrange; to organize
3Finnishjärkireason; sense
4Proto-Finnicjärkirow; order, condition
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from French -ier