Where does “panssarintorjuntajoukkue” come from?
panssarintorjuntajoukkue (Finnish) comes from Finnish panssarintorjunta, 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.
panssarintorjuntajoukkue (Finnish): antitank platoon
Definitions
- antitank platoon
Ancestry of “panssarintorjuntajoukkue”, step by step
panssarintorjuntajoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish panssarintorjunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | panssarintorjunta | antitank warfare; antitank |
| 2 | Finnish | panssari | armor, armour, armouring; carapace |
| 3 | Swedish | pansar | an armour |
| 4 | Old Swedish | panzar | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | pantzer | — |
| 6 | Italian | panciera | corset, girdle |
| 7 | Italian | pancia | belly, stomach, paunch |
| 8 | Latin | pantex | belly, paunch, guts |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |