Where does “alimiehitys” come from?
alimiehitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr — man.
Ancestry of “alimiehitys”, step by step
alimiehitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Ali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ali | practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants |
| 2 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 3 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |
via Finnish miehitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miehitys | manning; occupation |
| 2 | Finnish | miehittää | to man; to staff; to occupy, take possession of |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |