Where does “apulaisosastopäällikkö” come from?

apulaisosastopäällikkö (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,...

apulaisosastopäällikkö (Finnish): assistant department manager

Definitions

  1. assistant department manager

Ancestry of “apulaisosastopäällikkö”, step by step

apulaisosastopäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish apulainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapulainenassistant, helper
2Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
3Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
4Old Swedishslagh
5Middle Low Germanslach
6Old Saxonslag
7Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
8Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
9Low Germanslagge
10Middle Low Germanslagge
11Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
12Old Saxonslāhanto hit
13Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
15Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish osastopäällikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosastopäällikködepartment manager, department chief
2Finnishosastodepartment; compartment; section
3Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
4Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-Every word from Proto-Germanic slahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic slahan