Where does “lehdistöpäällikkö” come from?

lehdistöpäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

lehdistöpäällikkö (Finnish): (chief) press officer

Definitions

  1. (chief) press officer

Ancestry of “lehdistöpäällikkö”, step by step

lehdistöpäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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)

via Finnish lehdistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlehdistöThe press
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Finnish päällikkö
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