Where does “salapoliisikirjallisuus” come from?

salapoliisikirjallisuus (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.

salapoliisikirjallisuus (Finnish): detective literature

Definitions

  1. detective literature

Ancestry of “salapoliisikirjallisuus”, step by step

salapoliisikirjallisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish salapoliisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalapoliisiA detective
2Finnishpoliisipolice; policeman; Illative singular form of...
3Swedishpolispolice
4Frenchpolicepolice; cop; policy
5Italianpoliziapolice
6Russianполи́цияpolice
7Polishpolicjapolice
8GermanPolizeipolice
9Catalanpoliciapolice; policeman, policewoman
10Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
11Latinpolītīastate, government, administration
12Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
13Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
14Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
15Proto-Hellenic-tāts
16Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
17Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
18Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Finnish kirjallisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjallisuusliterature
2Finnishkirjallinenwritten; literary
3Finnish-llinenForms adjectives that indicate time; Forms...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της