Where does “oikeuskanslerinvirasto” come from?
oikeuskanslerinvirasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish oikeuskansleri, from Finnish kansleri, from Swedish kansler, from Middle Dutch cancelier, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.
oikeuskanslerinvirasto (Finnish): the Office of the Chancellor of Justice (in the Finnish Government)
Definitions
- the Office of the Chancellor of Justice (in the Finnish Government)
Ancestry of “oikeuskanslerinvirasto”, step by step
oikeuskanslerinvirasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oikeuskansleri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oikeuskansleri | the Attorney General |
| 2 | Finnish | kansleri | chancellor |
| 3 | Swedish | kansler | chancellor |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | cancelier | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |