Where does “kasakkapäällikkö” come from?
kasakkapäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasakka, from Russian каза́к, from Old East Slavic козакъ, from Kazakh қазақ, from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Proto-Indo-Iranian stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂-no-m — to stand.
kasakkapäällikkö (Finnish): Cossack leader
Definitions
- Cossack leader
Ancestry of “kasakkapäällikkö”, step by step
kasakkapäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasakka | Cossack |
| 2 | Russian | каза́к | Cossack |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | козакъ | Cossack |
| 4 | Kazakh | қазақ | Kazakh |
| 5 | Persian | ـستان | -istan, -estan, -stan |
| 6 | Middle Persian | -stʾn' | makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | stáHnam | the act of standing; position, location, place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂-no-m | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
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) |