Where does “laivastonpäällikkö” come from?
laivastonpäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish laivasto, from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic laiva, from Proto-Finnic lawja, from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
laivastonpäällikkö (Finnish): commander of a fleet (of ships)
Definitions
- commander of a fleet (of ships)
Ancestry of “laivastonpäällikkö”, step by step
laivastonpäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laivasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laivasto | navy; fleet; shipping |
| 2 | Finnish | laiva | ship; nave |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laiva | ship |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lawja | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flawją | ship, vessel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via Finnish päällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |