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
Ancestry of “jalkaväki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 2 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 3 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 4 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |
Words derived from “jalkaväki”