Where does “maahanlaskusotilas” come from?
maahanlaskusotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
maahanlaskusotilas (Finnish): airborne soldier a soldier part of a landing or airborne force
Definitions
- airborne soldier a soldier part of a landing or airborne force
Ancestry of “maahanlaskusotilas”, step by step
maahanlaskusotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sotilas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sotilas | soldier; pawn; jack, knave |
| 2 | Finnish | -las | Forms nouns used to describe people; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish maahanlasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maahanlasku | landing on ground, often in a military context |
| 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- | — |