Where does “poliisimestari” come from?
poliisimestari (Finnish) comes from Finnish poliisi, from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
poliisimestari (Finnish): chief constable, police commissioner, police inspector
Definitions
- chief constable, police commissioner, police inspector
Ancestry of “poliisimestari”, step by step
poliisimestari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poliisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poliisi | police; policeman; Illative singular form of... |
| 2 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish mestari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mestari | master; expert; champion |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mæstare | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | meistari | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | meister | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 6 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |