Where does “vuoristo-opas” come from?
vuoristo-opas (Finnish) comes from Finnish opas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual — up, out.
vuoristo-opas (Finnish): mountain guide
Definitions
- mountain guide
Ancestry of “vuoristo-opas”, step by step
vuoristo-opas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opas | guide; guide book, guide |
| 2 | Finnish | äs | ess; argh |
| 3 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 4 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 6 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 7 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 8 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 9 | English | ā- | — |
| 10 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 11 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 12 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
via Finnish vuoristo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuoristo | A mountain range; Especially in proper names also... |
| 2 | Finnish | vuori | mountain; a high hill; lining |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voori | large hill |
| 4 | Estonian | voor | drumlin, an oval ridge formed under glacier ice;... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vore | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fora | before, against |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |