Where does “desantti” come from?
desantti (Finnish) comes from Russian деса́нтник, from Russian деса́нт, from French descente, from Old French descente, from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
desantti (Finnish): A member of the Russian Airborne Troops,...
Definitions
- A member of the Russian Airborne Troops,...
Ancestry of “desantti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | деса́нтник | paratrooper, commando |
| 2 | Russian | деса́нт | landing (of troops) |
| 3 | French | descente | descent; way down; descending |
| 4 | Old French | descente | — |
| 5 | Old French | descendre | to go down; to descend; to dismount |
| 6 | Latin | dēscendō | to climb down, to go or come down, to descend |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |