Where does “ylijohtaja” come from?
ylijohtaja (Finnish) comes from Swedish överdirektör, from Swedish direktör, from Ottoman Turkish دیركتور, from French directeur, from Latin dīrector, from Latin dīrectus, from Latin dīrigō, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ylijohtaja (Finnish): director-general title of the chief executive of certain branches of government
Definitions
- director-general title of the chief executive of certain branches of government
Ancestry of “ylijohtaja”, step by step
ylijohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish överdirektör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | överdirektör | a deputy director-general |
| 2 | Swedish | direktör | a manager; boss or leader of a company; a... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | دیركتور | — |
| 4 | French | directeur | leading, managing; director; school principal |
| 5 | Latin | dīrector | director, guide, overseer |
| 6 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 7 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish johtaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | johtaja | leader, commander; manager, director, executive |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |