Where does “tšekisti” come from?

tšekisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish -isti, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

tšekisti (Finnish): Chekist

Definitions

  1. Chekist

Ancestry of “tšekisti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-isti-ist
2Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Ancient Greek -ιστής →