Where does “sotapäällikkyys” come from?
sotapäällikkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotapäällikkö, from Finnish päällikkö, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).
sotapäällikkyys (Finnish): war leadership
Definitions
- war leadership
Ancestry of “sotapäällikkyys”, step by step
sotapäällikkyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sotapäällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sotapäällikkö | war leader; warlord |
| 2 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 3 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |