Where does “muskettisoturi” come from?

muskettisoturi (Finnish) comes from Finnish musketti, from French mousquet, from Italian moschetto, from Italian Mosca, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

muskettisoturi (Finnish): A musketeer

Definitions

  1. A musketeer

Ancestry of “muskettisoturi”, step by step

muskettisoturi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish musketti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuskettimusket
2Frenchmousquetmusket
3Italianmoschettomusket
4ItalianMoscafly
5Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
6Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

via Finnish soturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsoturiWarrior, soldier
2Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
3Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
4Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Ancient Greek μυῖα →Every word from Latin musca →