Where does “jääkäripataljoona” come from?
jääkäripataljoona (Finnish) comes from Finnish jääkäri, from German Jäger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
jääkäripataljoona (Finnish): jaeger battalion the 27th Jaeger Battalion of the German Army in WWI, consisting of Finnish volunteers who had secretly travelled to Germany in order to obtain military training, with the final aim of liberating Finland from the Russian rule
Definitions
- jaeger battalion the 27th Jaeger Battalion of the German Army in WWI, consisting of Finnish volunteers who had secretly travelled to Germany in order to obtain military training, with the final aim of liberating Finland from the Russian rule
Ancestry of “jääkäripataljoona”, step by step
jääkäripataljoona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jääkäri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jääkäri | jaeger; rifleman |
| 2 | German | Jäger | hunter; fighter; light infantry |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Finnish pataljoona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pataljoona | battalion |
| 2 | Swedish | bataljon | a battalion |
| 3 | French | bataillon | battalion |
| 4 | Italian | battaglione | battalion |
| 5 | Italian | battaglia | battle, fight; third-person singular present... |
| 6 | Late Latin | battualia | military exercises |
| 7 | Latin | battuo | I beat, hit, pound, beat up; I fight; I bang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |