Where does “tiedustelu-upseeri” come from?
tiedustelu-upseeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
tiedustelu-upseeri (Finnish): intelligence officer
Definitions
- intelligence officer
Ancestry of “tiedustelu-upseeri”, step by step
tiedustelu-upseeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upseeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 2 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 3 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 4 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 6 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 7 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 8 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 9 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 10 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 11 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 12 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 13 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
via Finnish tiedustelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiedustelu | inquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence |
| 2 | Finnish | tiedustella | to inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre |
| 3 | Finnish | tiedustaa | Synonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware... |
| 4 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 5 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |