Where does “tiedekomissaari” come from?
tiedekomissaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish komissaari, from German Kommissar, from Latin commissarius, from Latin commissus, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
tiedekomissaari (Finnish): commissioner for science, scientific commissioner
Definitions
- commissioner for science, scientific commissioner
Ancestry of “tiedekomissaari”, step by step
tiedekomissaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish komissaari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | komissaari | commissioner; commissar |
| 2 | German | Kommissar | commissioner |
| 3 | Latin | commissarius | — |
| 4 | Latin | commissus | committed, having been committed |
| 5 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish tiede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 2 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |