Where does “sadanpäämies” come from?

sadanpäämies (Finnish) comes from Finnish sata, from Proto-Finnic sata, from Proto-Uralic śata, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

sadanpäämies (Finnish): centurion

Definitions

  1. centurion

Ancestry of “sadanpäämies”, step by step

sadanpäämies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsataAPI; A/one hundred
2Proto-Finnicsatahundred
3Proto-Uralicśatahundred
4Proto-Indo-Iranianćata—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Finnish päämies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäämiesclient
2Finnishpää-main, head, prime, primary, principal, leading
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata →