Where does “linjapäällikkö” come from?
linjapäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish linja, from Old Swedish linia, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
linjapäällikkö (Finnish): line manager manager who is directly responsible for an employee
Definitions
- line manager manager who is directly responsible for an employee
Ancestry of “linjapäällikkö”, step by step
linjapäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish linja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | linja | line; policy, line; curriculum, study program |
| 2 | Old Swedish | linia | — |
| 3 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 4 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
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) |