Where does “aluepäällikkö” come from?

aluepäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

aluepäällikkö (Finnish): regional manager, district manager

Definitions

  1. regional manager, district manager

Ancestry of “aluepäällikkö”, step by step

aluepäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päällikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällikköchief; head; leader
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Finnish päällikkö