Where does “kaartinjääkäri” come from?
kaartinjääkäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaarti, from Swedish gärde, from French garde, from French garder, from Middle French garder, from Old French guarder, from Frankish wardēn, from Proto-Germanic wardāną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
kaartinjääkäri (Finnish): a soldier in the Guard Jaeger Regiment
Definitions
- a soldier in the Guard Jaeger Regiment
Ancestry of “kaartinjääkäri”, step by step
kaartinjääkäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaarti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaarti | guard |
| 2 | Swedish | gärde | a field |
| 3 | French | garde | A watch, guard; A handle; A protection |
| 4 | French | garder | to keep; to retain; to store; to save; to guard;... |
| 5 | Middle French | garder | Alternative form of guarder |
| 6 | Old French | guarder | to protect; to guard; to look at |
| 7 | Frankish | wardēn | to protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wardāną | to guard, protect, watch over |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *warduz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
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) |