Where does “salapoliisikirjailija” come from?
salapoliisikirjailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish salapoliisi, from Finnish poliisi, from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
salapoliisikirjailija (Finnish): detective story author, detective story writer
Definitions
- detective story author, detective story writer
Ancestry of “salapoliisikirjailija”, step by step
salapoliisikirjailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salapoliisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salapoliisi | A detective |
| 2 | Finnish | poliisi | police; policeman; Illative singular form of... |
| 3 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 4 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 5 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 6 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 7 | Polish | policja | police |
| 8 | German | Polizei | police |
| 9 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 10 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 11 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish kirjailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjailija | author, writer |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjailla | to embroider; to write a book or books |
| 3 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 4 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |