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Where does “sotapäällikkö” come from?

sotapäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i-.

sotapäällikkö (Finnish): war leader; warlord

Definitions

  1. war leader; warlord

Ancestry of “sotapäällikkö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällikköchief; head; leader
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-—

Words derived from “sotapäällikkö”

  • sotapäällikkyys
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