Where does “tähtaztedo” come from?
tähtaztedo (Veps) comes from Veps tähtaz, from Finnish tähti, from Swedish täkt, from Swedish tå, from Swedish taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic tēkaną — to touch.
tähtaztedo (Veps): astronomy
Definitions
- astronomy
Ancestry of “tähtaztedo”, step by step
tähtaztedo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Veps tähtaz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veps | tähtaz | star; sight |
| 2 | Finnish | tähti | star; a famous person, celebrity, star; a white... |
| 3 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 4 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 5 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 6 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 7 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |