Where does “siviilipalvelusmies” come from?

siviilipalvelusmies (Finnish) comes from Finnish siviilipalvelus, from Finnish siviili, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

siviilipalvelusmies (Finnish): conscientious objector; a person undergoing...

Definitions

  1. conscientious objector; a person undergoing...

Ancestry of “siviilipalvelusmies”, step by step

siviilipalvelusmies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siviilipalvelus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiviilipalvelusalternative civilian service, civilian service,...
2Finnishsiviilicivilian
3Old Frenchcivil—
4Latincīvīlis—
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →