Where does “prikaatinkenraali” come from?
prikaatinkenraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenraali, from Swedish general, from German general, from French général, from Old French general, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “prikaatinkenraali”, step by step
prikaatinkenraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kenraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenraali | general |
| 2 | Swedish | general | a general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal |
| 3 | German | general | general |
| 4 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 5 | Old French | general | general |
| 6 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish prikaati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prikaati | brigade |
| 2 | French | brigade | brigade |
| 3 | Middle French | brigade | brigade |
| 4 | Italian | brigata | group, party; brigade |
| 5 | Italian | -ata | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 6 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |