Where does “komentajakapteeni” come from?
komentajakapteeni (Finnish) comes from Finnish komentaja, from Finnish komentaa, from Swedish kommendera, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
komentajakapteeni (Finnish): An officer rank in the Finnish navy. The official...
Definitions
- An officer rank in the Finnish navy. The official...
Ancestry of “komentajakapteeni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | komentaja | commander, commanding officer; An officer rank in... |
| 2 | Finnish | komentaa | to command; to second |
| 3 | Swedish | kommendera | to command, to order |
| 4 | French | commander | to order |
| 5 | Middle French | commander | — |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | — |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |