Where does “poliskommissarie” come from?
poliskommissarie (Swedish) comes from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
poliskommissarie (Swedish): police commissioner
Definitions
- police commissioner
Ancestry of “poliskommissarie”, step by step
poliskommissarie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish polis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 2 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 3 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 4 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 5 | Polish | policja | police |
| 6 | German | Polizei | police |
| 7 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 8 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 9 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Swedish kommissarie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kommissarie | a superintendent |
| 2 | Latin | commissus | committed, having been committed |
| 3 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |