Where does “kenraaliharjoitus” come from?
kenraaliharjoitus (Finnish) comes from Swedish generalrepetition, from Swedish repetition, from Latin repetitio, from Latin repetō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
kenraaliharjoitus (Finnish): dress rehearsal final rehearsal before a performance, with everything (dresses, lights, music..) as it will be in the actual performance
Definitions
- dress rehearsal final rehearsal before a performance, with everything (dresses, lights, music..) as it will be in the actual performance
Ancestry of “kenraaliharjoitus”, step by step
kenraaliharjoitus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish generalrepetition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | generalrepetition | dress rehearsal |
| 2 | Swedish | repetition | repetition; the act of repeating; rehearsal |
| 3 | Latin | repetitio | repetition; reclamation |
| 4 | Latin | repetō | to attack again; to go back to |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish kenraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenraali | general |
| 2 | Swedish | general | a general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal |
| 3 | German | general | general |
| 4 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 5 | Old French | general | general |
| 6 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish harjoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harjoitus | exercise, practice; rehearsal; drill |
| 2 | Finnish | harjoittaa | to practice |
| 3 | Finnish | -oittaa | Variant of -ttaa used for many stems that end in... |