Where does “varamiehistö” come from?

varamiehistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish miehistö, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

varamiehistö (Finnish): backup crew, reserve crew

Definitions

  1. backup crew, reserve crew

Ancestry of “varamiehistö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiehistöcrew; rank and file. In the Finnish army the term...
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish -sto