Where does “virtsarakontähystin” come from?
virtsarakontähystin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähystin, from Finnish tähystää, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka — to touch.
Ancestry of “virtsarakontähystin”, step by step
virtsarakontähystin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tähystin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tähystin | endoscope; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | tähystää | to keep a lookout; to examine with an endoscope |
| 3 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 4 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 5 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 6 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 7 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 8 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |
via Finnish virtsarakko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virtsarakko | urinary bladder |
| 2 | Finnish | virtsa | urine |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vircca | slurry |