Where does “laskuvarjojääkäri” come from?
laskuvarjojääkäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish jääkäri, from German Jäger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
laskuvarjojääkäri (Finnish): paratrooper
Definitions
- paratrooper
Ancestry of “laskuvarjojääkäri”, step by step
laskuvarjojääkäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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) |
via Finnish laskuvarjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskuvarjo | parachute |
| 2 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 3 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |