Where does “kansankomissaari” come from?

kansankomissaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish komissaari, from German Kommissar, from Latin commissarius, from Latin commissus, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kansankomissaari (Finnish): people's commissar former official in the Soviet Union, roughly corresponding to government minister in most other countries

Definitions

  1. people's commissar former official in the Soviet Union, roughly corresponding to government minister in most other countries

Ancestry of “kansankomissaari”, step by step

kansankomissaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish komissaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkomissaaricommissioner; commissar
2GermanKommissarcommissioner
3Latincommissarius—
4Latincommissuscommitted, having been committed
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish känsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkänsäcallus
2Finnishkanssawith; also, too
3Finnishkansassa—
4Finnishkansapeople; nation
5Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
6Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →