Where does “jääkärivärväri” come from?
jääkärivärväri (Finnish) comes from Finnish värväri, from Finnish värvätä, from Swedish värva, from Old Swedish hværva, from Old Norse hverfa, from Proto-Germanic hwarbijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
jääkärivärväri (Finnish): jaeger recruiter a person who recruited people to be jagers or
Definitions
- jaeger recruiter a person who recruited people to be jagers or
Ancestry of “jääkärivärväri”, step by step
jääkärivärväri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish värväri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | värväri | recruiter |
| 2 | Finnish | värvätä | To recruit; To enroll, enlist |
| 3 | Swedish | värva | to enlist |
| 4 | Old Swedish | hværva | to turn; to disappear |
| 5 | Old Norse | hverfa | to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwarbijaną | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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) |