Where does “visiiri” come from?

visiiri (Finnish) comes from Swedish visir, from Old French visiere, from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visiiri (Finnish): visor; vizier

Definitions

  1. visor; vizier

Ancestry of “visiiri”, step by step

visiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish visir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvisirvisor
2Old Frenchvisiere—
3Old Frenchvisface; opinion
4Latinvīsushaving been seen
5Proto-Celticwissosknown
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Turkish vezir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishvezirvizier; queen
2Ottoman Turkishوزیرminister, cabinet minister; vizier; helper,...
3Arabicوَزِيرhelper, aide, minister, one who bears; helper,...

Words derived from “visiiri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →