Where does “viikinkipäällikkö” come from?
viikinkipäällikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikinki, from Swedish Viking, from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic wīkingaz.
viikinkipäällikkö (Finnish): Viking chieftain
Definitions
- Viking chieftain
Ancestry of “viikinkipäällikkö”, step by step
viikinkipäällikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viikinki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viikinki | Viking |
| 2 | Swedish | Viking | a Viking |
| 3 | Old Norse | víkingr | Viking |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīkingaz | — |
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) |