Where does “komendantintoimisto” come from?

komendantintoimisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish komendantti, from Swedish kommendant, from French commandant, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.

komendantintoimisto (Finnish): commandant's office

Definitions

  1. commandant's office

Ancestry of “komendantintoimisto”, step by step

komendantintoimisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish komendantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkomendantticommandant
2Swedishkommendantcommanding officer
3Frenchcommandantcommander; major
4Frenchcommanderto order
5Middle Frenchcommanderto command
6Old Frenchcomanderto command, to implore; to request, to ask for;...
7Latincommandōto chew
8Latincommendōto commend, entrust to, commit
9Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Finnish toimisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimistooffice
2FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
3Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
4Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
5Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
6Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
7Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →