Where does “kihlakunnannimismies” come from?
kihlakunnannimismies (Finnish) comes from Finnish kihlakunta, from Finnish kihlata, from Finnish kihlat, from Proto-Germanic gīslaz, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
kihlakunnannimismies (Finnish): chief of a district office
Definitions
- chief of a district office
Ancestry of “kihlakunnannimismies”, step by step
kihlakunnannimismies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kihlakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kihlakunta | hundred; From 1996 to 2007 a district of the... |
| 2 | Finnish | kihlata | to betroth |
| 3 | Finnish | kihlat | engagement ring and engagement presents... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gīslaz | hostage |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish nimismies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nimismies | a peasant appointed as the representative of a rural municipality |
| 2 | Finnish | nimitysmies | — |
| 3 | Finnish | nimitys | appointment; designation, denomination |
| 4 | Finnish | nimittää | to assign, appoint; to name, dub, designate |
| 5 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 6 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |