Where does “konttoripäällikkö” come from?

konttoripäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish konttori, from Swedish kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, from Middle Dutch contoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre — whale, sea monster; abyss.

konttoripäällikkö (Finnish): branch manager, office manager

Definitions

  1. branch manager, office manager

Ancestry of “konttoripäällikkö”, step by step

konttoripäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish konttori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonttorioffice
2Swedishkontoroffice; building or room
3Middle Low Germankontôrcommercial branch; writing room; counting...
4Middle Dutchcontoor
5Middle FrenchcontoirAlternative spelling of comptoir
6Middle Frenchcompterto recount; to tell
7Old Frenchcompter
8Latincomputāre
9Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
10Latincom-allomorph of con-
11Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt
18Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
19Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
20Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Finnish päällikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällikköchief; head; leader
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит