Where does “mainospäällikkö” come from?

mainospäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

mainospäällikkö (Finnish): commercial executive, advertising executive

Definitions

  1. commercial executive, advertising executive

Ancestry of “mainospäällikkö”, step by step

mainospäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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)

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Finnish päällikkö