Where does “jalkaväkimies” come from?
jalkaväkimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalkaväki, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.
jalkaväkimies (Finnish): infantryman, foot soldier
Definitions
- infantryman, foot soldier
Ancestry of “jalkaväkimies”, step by step