Where does “osastopäällikkö” come from?
osastopäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish osasto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
osastopäällikkö (Finnish): department manager, department chief
Definitions
- department manager, department chief
Ancestry of “osastopäällikkö”, step by step
osastopäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osasto | department; compartment; section |
| 2 | Finnish | -sto | Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
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) |