Where does “kaupunginviskaali” come from?

kaupunginviskaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaupunki, from Old Gutnish kaupungr, from Old Norse kaupangr, from Old Norse kaup, from Old Norse kaupa, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo.

kaupunginviskaali (Finnish): city prosecutor

Definitions

  1. city prosecutor

Ancestry of “kaupunginviskaali”, step by step

kaupunginviskaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaupunki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaupunkitown; city
2Old Gutnishkaupungrmarketplace
3Old Norsekaupangrmarketplace
4Old Norsekauppurchase
5Old Norsekaupato buy
6Proto-Germanickaupōnąto buy; trade
7Proto-Germanickaupôinnkeeper; merchant
8LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
9Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Finnish viskaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviskaalifiscal, procurator fiscal
2Swedishfiskalfiscal; a reporting clerk
3Latinfiscālisof or pertaining to the treasury
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupô →