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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

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)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum