Where does “esikuntapäällikkö” come from?
esikuntapäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish esikunta, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
esikuntapäällikkö (Finnish): chief of staff
Definitions
- chief of staff
Ancestry of “esikuntapäällikkö”, step by step
esikuntapäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esikunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esikunta | military staff; cadre |
| 2 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 4 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Finnish päällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |