Where does “jaostopäällikkö” come from?
jaostopäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish jaosto, from Finnish jako, from Proto-Finnic jako, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
jaostopäällikkö (Finnish): head of division, head of section, division chief, section chief
Definitions
- head of division, head of section, division chief, section chief
Ancestry of “jaostopäällikkö”, step by step
jaostopäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jaosto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jaosto | division |
| 2 | Finnish | jako | division, distribution, sharing, dealing; share,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jako | share, part |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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) |