Where does “lähetystövirkamies” come from?

lähetystövirkamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetystö, from Finnish lähetys, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lähetystövirkamies (Finnish): embassy official

Definitions

  1. embassy official

Ancestry of “lähetystövirkamies”, step by step

lähetystövirkamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähetystö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähetystödelegation; embassy
2Finnishlähetysdelivery; broadcast, transmission; evangelist...
3Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish virkamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirkamiescivil servant, public officer, official
2Finnishvirkapost, position, office, public office; purpose,...
3Old Norsevirkja
4Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak