Where does “hävittäjä-ässä” come from?

hävittäjä-ässä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ässä, from Swedish ass, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Vulgar Latin *as, from Latin habes, from Arabic حَبَش — Abyssinian; Abysinnian.

hävittäjä-ässä (Finnish): flying ace, ace

Definitions

  1. flying ace, ace

Ancestry of “hävittäjä-ässä”, step by step

hävittäjä-ässä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ässä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishässäess; ace
2SwedishassA-flat; an insured letter; Abbreviation of...
3Middle Low Germanes
4Old Frenchasa score of one on a die; second-person singular...
5Vulgar Latin*as
6Latinhabessecond-person singular present active indicative...
7ArabicحَبَشAbyssinian; Abysinnian

via Finnish hävittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhävittäjädestroyer, someone/something that destroys...
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Arabic حَبَشEvery word from Latin habesEvery word from Vulgar Latin *as