Where does “valtionarkeologi” come from?
valtionarkeologi (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkeologi, from Finnish -logi, from French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
valtionarkeologi (Finnish): state archaeologist
Definitions
- state archaeologist
Ancestry of “valtionarkeologi”, step by step
valtionarkeologi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arkeologi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arkeologi | archeologist |
| 2 | Finnish | -logi | -logist; -logy |
| 3 | French | -logue | -logist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Finnish valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |