Where does “varapuheenjohtajuus” come from?

varapuheenjohtajuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish varapuheenjohtaja, from Finnish puheenjohtaja, from Finnish puhe, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

varapuheenjohtajuus (Finnish): vice-chairmanship

Definitions

  1. vice-chairmanship

Ancestry of “varapuheenjohtajuus”, step by step

varapuheenjohtajuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish varapuheenjohtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarapuheenjohtajavice-chairman, vice-chairperson
2Finnishpuheenjohtajachairman, chairwoman, chairperson
3Finnishpuhespeech; address; oration
4Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
5Finnishhartiashoulder
6Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
7Greekχαρτίpaper
8Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
9Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
10Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης