Where does “siviilipoliisiauto” come from?

siviilipoliisiauto (Finnish) comes from Finnish poliisiauto, 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.

siviilipoliisiauto (Finnish): unmarked police car

Definitions

  1. unmarked police car

Ancestry of “siviilipoliisiauto”, step by step

siviilipoliisiauto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poliisiauto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoliisiautopolice car
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 siviili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiviilicivilian
2Old Frenchcivil—
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -της →Every word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της →