Where does “panssarintorjunta” come from?

panssarintorjunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish panssari, from Swedish pansar, from Old Swedish panzar, from Middle Low German pantzer, from Italian panciera, from Italian pancia, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

panssarintorjunta (Finnish): antitank warfare; antitank

Definitions

  1. antitank warfare; antitank

Ancestry of “panssarintorjunta”, step by step

panssarintorjunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish panssari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpanssariarmor, armour, armouring; carapace
2Swedishpansaran armour
3Old Swedishpanzar
4Middle Low Germanpantzer
5Italianpancieracorset, girdle
6Italianpanciabelly, stomach, paunch
7Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

via Finnish torjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuntaprevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,...
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

Words derived from “panssarintorjunta

Every word from Latin pantexEvery word from Italian panciaEvery word from Italian panciera