Where does “linnanvouti” come from?

linnanvouti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Linna, from Proto-Finnic litna — town, city; fortification, fortress.

linnanvouti (Finnish): castle bailiff, bailiff of a castle or a hundred

Definitions

  1. castle bailiff, bailiff of a castle or a hundred

Ancestry of “linnanvouti”, step by step

linnanvouti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress

via Finnish vouti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoutibailiff
2Old Swedishfougde—
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