Where does “museovirkailija” come from?
museovirkailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish virkailija, from Finnish virkailla, from Finnish virka, from Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
museovirkailija (Finnish): museum clerk, museum secretary
Definitions
- museum clerk, museum secretary
Ancestry of “museovirkailija”, step by step
museovirkailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virkailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virkailija | employee, functionary; clerk |
| 2 | Finnish | virkailla | to stall, drag one's feet, procrastinate |
| 3 | Finnish | virka | post, position, office, public office; purpose,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | virkja | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |