Where does “jalkaväenkenraali” come from?
jalkaväenkenraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenraali, from Swedish general, from German general, from French général, from Old French general, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
jalkaväenkenraali (Finnish): infantry general, general of the infantry
Definitions
- infantry general, general of the infantry
Ancestry of “jalkaväenkenraali”, step by step
jalkaväenkenraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kenraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenraali | general |
| 2 | Swedish | general | a general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal |
| 3 | German | general | general |
| 4 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 5 | Old French | general | general |
| 6 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish jalkaväki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jalkaväki | infantry |
| 2 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 3 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 4 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 5 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |