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.
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Ancestry of “desantti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | деса́нтник | — |
| 2 | Russian | деса́нт | — |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |