Where does “myymäläpäällikkö” come from?
myymäläpäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish myymälä, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.
myymäläpäällikkö (Finnish): store manager, shopman
Definitions
- store manager, shopman
Ancestry of “myymäläpäällikkö”, step by step
myymäläpäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish myymälä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | myymälä | shop |
| 2 | Finnish | myydä | to sell |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | *müüdäk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mixe- | give |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂mey-gw- | — |
via Finnish päällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |