Where does “palopäällystö” come from?

palopäällystö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällystö, from Finnish päällys, from Finnish us — -ing.

palopäällystö (Finnish): fire officers collectively, usually not including fire subofficers (paloalipäällystö)

Definitions

  1. fire officers collectively, usually not including fire subofficers (paloalipäällystö)

Ancestry of “palopäällystö”, step by step

palopäällystö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päällystö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällystöofficers in charge of a ship
2Finnishpäällystop, cover, overlay
3Finnishus-ing

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Finnish us →Every word from Finnish päällys →Every word from Finnish päällystö →
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