Where does “rehtorinkanslia” come from?
rehtorinkanslia (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanslia, from Swedish kansli, from German Kanzlei, from Middle High German kanzelie, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.
rehtorinkanslia (Finnish): principal's office, headmaster's office, schoolmaster's office
Definitions
- principal's office, headmaster's office, schoolmaster's office
Ancestry of “rehtorinkanslia”, step by step
rehtorinkanslia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanslia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanslia | office |
| 2 | Swedish | kansli | an office |
| 3 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 4 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 5 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 6 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 7 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Finnish rehtori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rehtori | rector, schoolmaster/schoolmistress,... |
| 2 | Swedish | rektor | a headmaster/headmistress; headteacher; a... |
| 3 | Latin | rector | guide, leader; director, ruler, master, governor;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |