Where does “huoltoupseeri” come from?
huoltoupseeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
huoltoupseeri (Finnish): logistics officer, supply officer
Definitions
- logistics officer, supply officer
Ancestry of “huoltoupseeri”, step by step
huoltoupseeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upseeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 2 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 3 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 4 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 9 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 10 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 11 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 12 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 13 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
via Finnish huolto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huolto | service, maintenance, upkeep, care; logistics |
| 2 | Finnish | huoltaa | To maintain, support, upkeep; To service;... |
| 3 | Finnish | huoli | worry, concern; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hooli | worry, concern |
| 5 | Swedish | hål | a hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hul | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | hól | a hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |