Where does “länspolismästare” come from?
länspolismästare (Swedish) comes from Swedish polismästare, from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
länspolismästare (Swedish): a chief commissioner at a county police...
Definitions
- a chief commissioner at a county police...
Ancestry of “länspolismästare”, step by step
länspolismästare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish polismästare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | polismästare | a district police commissioner |
| 2 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |