Where does “päiväkodinjohtaja” come from?
päiväkodinjohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish päiväkoti, from Swedish daghem, from Swedish hem, from Swedish tenta, from Swedish tentamen, from Latin tentamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
päiväkodinjohtaja (Finnish): nursery school supervisor, preschool site supervisor
Definitions
- nursery school supervisor, preschool site supervisor
Ancestry of “päiväkodinjohtaja”, step by step
päiväkodinjohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päiväkoti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päiväkoti | day care center; kindergarten |
| 2 | Swedish | daghem | a day care center |
| 3 | Swedish | hem | home; to one's home; a home; one's dwelling... |
| 4 | Swedish | tenta | exam, examination; to take an exam |
| 5 | Swedish | tentamen | an examination |
| 6 | Latin | tentamen | an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay |
| 7 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Finnish johtaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | johtaja | leader, commander; manager, director, executive |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |