Where does “salapoliisitarina” come from?
salapoliisitarina (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.
salapoliisitarina (Finnish): detective story, whodunit
Definitions
- detective story, whodunit
Ancestry of “salapoliisitarina”, step by step
salapoliisitarina 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 tärinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tärinä | tremor; Synonym of värinä |
| 2 | French | tsarine | tsarina |
| 3 | German | Zarin | tsarina, czarina |
| 4 | German | Zar | tsar, czar |
| 5 | Russian | царь | tsar, Russian emperor; king |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 10 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 11 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |