Where does “naissankari” come from?

naissankari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sankari, from Old Swedish sangare — singer.

naissankari (Finnish): womanizer, woman chaser

Definitions

  1. womanizer, woman chaser

Ancestry of “naissankari”, step by step

naissankari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Old Swedish sangare →Every word from Finnish sankari →