Where does “pääluottamusmies” come from?
pääluottamusmies (Finnish) comes from Finnish luottamusmies, from Finnish luottamus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
pääluottamusmies (Finnish): A head shop steward; in a large workplace there...
Definitions
- A head shop steward; in a large workplace there...
Ancestry of “pääluottamusmies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luottamusmies | union representative, union steward, shop... |
| 2 | Finnish | luottamus | trust; confidence |
| 3 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |