Where does “paloviranomainen” come from?

paloviranomainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish viranomainen, from Finnish -omainen.

paloviranomainen (Finnish): fire authority, fire official

Definitions

  1. fire authority, fire official

Ancestry of “paloviranomainen”, step by step

paloviranomainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viranomainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviranomainenofficial, public authority; officer or official...
2Finnish-omainen—

via Finnish Palo

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