Where does “apulaisjohtaja” come from?
apulaisjohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish apulainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
apulaisjohtaja (Finnish): deputy director
Definitions
- deputy director
Ancestry of “apulaisjohtaja”, step by step
apulaisjohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish apulainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | apulainen | assistant, helper |
| 2 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish johtaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | johtaja | leader, commander; manager, director, executive |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |