Where does “marssilaulu” come from?
marssilaulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish marssi, from Swedish marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
marssilaulu (Finnish): cadence
Ancestry of “marssilaulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | marssi | march; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Swedish | marsch | a march; a march; music written for marching; a... |
| 3 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |