Where does “veturimiehistö” come from?
veturimiehistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish miehistö, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
veturimiehistö (Finnish): railroad engine crew
Ancestry of “veturimiehistö”, step by step
veturimiehistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miehistö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miehistö | crew; rank and file. In the Finnish army the term... |
| 2 | Finnish | -sto | Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish veturi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veturi | locomotive; a light toboggan pulled by skiers |
| 2 | Finnish | vetää | to pull; to lead; to blow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vetädäk | to pull |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | wetä- | to lead, guide, draw, pull; to lead, to guide, to... |