Where does “projektijohtaja” come from?
projektijohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish projekti, from English megaproject, from English project, from Latin prōiectus, from Latin proicio, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
projektijohtaja (Finnish): project manager, project director, project lead
Definitions
- project manager, project director, project lead
Ancestry of “projektijohtaja”, step by step
projektijohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish projekti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | projekti | project |
| 2 | English | megaproject | A very large public investment project,... |
| 3 | English | project | A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal... |
| 4 | Latin | prōiectus | discharged, scattered |
| 5 | Latin | proicio | I throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth,... |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |