Where does “tallipäällikkö” come from?
tallipäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish talli, from Finnish tallata, from Swedish ställa, from Old Swedish stælla, from Middle Low German stellen, from Old Saxon stellian, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
tallipäällikkö (Finnish): team director, team manager, team principal
Definitions
- team director, team manager, team principal
Ancestry of “tallipäällikkö”, step by step
tallipäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish talli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | talli | stable; garage; team |
| 2 | Finnish | tallata | to stomp, pad |
| 3 | Swedish | ställa | to set; to put something down in an upright... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | stælla | to place upright somewhere |
| 5 | Middle Low German | stellen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | stellian | to place |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stalljan | to put, to place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Finnish päällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |