Where does “vankilanjohtaja” come from?
vankilanjohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vankila, from Finnish vanki, from Old Swedish fange, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
vankilanjohtaja (Finnish): prison warden
Ancestry of “vankilanjohtaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vankila | prison |
| 2 | Finnish | vanki | prisoner |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fange | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |