Where does “kaartinupseeri” come from?

kaartinupseeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex — obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

kaartinupseeri (Finnish): guards officer

Definitions

  1. guards officer

Ancestry of “kaartinupseeri”, step by step

kaartinupseeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish upseeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupseeriofficer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook
2Swedishofficerofficer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or...
3GermanOffizierofficer, commissioned officer; any chess piece...
4Old Frenchofficerofficer
5Medieval Latinofficiariusofficer
6Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
7Latinopificiumwork
8LatinopifexSomeone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan
9LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
10Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
11Latinopscen
12Latinob-towards; against
13Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
14Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

via Finnish kaarti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaartiguard
2Swedishgärdea field
3FrenchgardeA watch, guard; A handle; A protection
4Frenchgarderto keep; to retain; to store; to save; to guard;...
5Middle FrenchgarderAlternative form of guarder
6Old Frenchguarderto protect; to guard; to look at
7Frankishwardēnto protect; to guard, protect, watch over; to...
8Proto-Germanicwardānąto guard, protect, watch over
9Proto-Germanic*warduz
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Ancient Greek ὀβολόςEvery word from Latin ob-Every word from Latin opscen