Where does “luottamushenkilö” come from?

luottamushenkilö (Finnish) comes from Finnish luottamus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

luottamushenkilö (Finnish): shop steward; A person who is elected to serve as...

Definitions

  1. shop steward; A person who is elected to serve as...

Ancestry of “luottamushenkilö”, step by step

luottamushenkilö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luottamus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluottamustrust; confidence
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish henkilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
2Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
3Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
4Proto-Uralicčeŋke
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus