Where does “viestintäpäällikkö” come from?
viestintäpäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish viestintä, from Finnish viestiä, from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
viestintäpäällikkö (Finnish): communications manager, head of communications
Definitions
- communications manager, head of communications
Ancestry of “viestintäpäällikkö”, step by step
viestintäpäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viestintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viestintä | communication |
| 2 | Finnish | viestiä | to communicate; Partitive singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | viesti | message; relay, relay race; signal corps |
| 4 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Finnish päällikkö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällikkö | chief; head; leader |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |