Where does “intiaanipäällikkö” come from?
intiaanipäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).
intiaanipäällikkö (Finnish): Indian chief, Native American chief
Definitions
- Indian chief, Native American chief
Ancestry of “intiaanipäällikkö”, step by step
intiaanipäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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) |