Where does “Seikku” come from?

Seikku (Finnish) comes from German Sigismund, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “Seikku”, step by step

Seikku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sigismund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSigismund
2English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
4Latin-īta
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Proto-Germanic segaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsegazvictory, triumph
2Proto-Indo-Europeanséǵʰospower, strength
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseǵʰ-to hold; to overpower
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from English -iteEvery word from Ancient Greek -της