Where does “komentajamerkki” come from?
komentajamerkki (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.
komentajamerkki (Finnish): commander badge, commander medal
Definitions
- commander badge, commander medal
Ancestry of “komentajamerkki”, step by step
komentajamerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish komentaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to command |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |