Where does “liikennepoliisi” come from?
liikennepoliisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish poliisi, from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
liikennepoliisi (Finnish): traffic police
Definitions
- traffic police
Ancestry of “liikennepoliisi”, step by step
liikennepoliisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poliisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poliisi | police; policeman; Illative singular form of... |
| 2 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish liikenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liikenne | traffic; a trip taken somewhere else |
| 2 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |