Where does “dekaani” come from?

dekaani (Finnish) comes from Swedish dekan, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dekaani (Finnish): dean senior official in a university or college

Definitions

dean senior official in a university or college

Ancestry of “dekaani”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	dekan	decane; dean; senior office in a university
2	Latin	decānus	chief of ten people (in various contexts)
3	Latin	decem	ten; 10
4	Latin	-nus	-an
5	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “dekaani”

dekaaninvirasto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →