Where does “henkilökuntayhdistys” come from?

henkilökuntayhdistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish henkilökunta, from Finnish henkilö, from Finnish henki, from Proto-Finnic henki, from Proto-Uralic čeŋke.

henkilökuntayhdistys (Finnish): staff association

Definitions

  1. staff association

Ancestry of “henkilökuntayhdistys”, step by step

henkilökuntayhdistys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish henkilökunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilökuntastaff, personnel
2Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
3Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
4Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
5Proto-Uralicčeŋke—

via Finnish yhdistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdistysassociation
2Finnishyhdistääto connect, join, combine; to unite; to conflate
3Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
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