Where does “jalkaväki” come from?

jalkaväki (Finnish) comes from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

jalkaväki (Finnish): infantry

Definitions

  1. infantry

Ancestry of “jalkaväki”, step by step

jalkaväki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

Words derived from “jalkaväki”

Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →