Where does “prikaatinkomentaja” come from?
prikaatinkomentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish komentaja, from Finnish komentaa, from Swedish kommendera, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
prikaatinkomentaja (Finnish): brigadier; kombrig
Definitions
- brigadier; kombrig
Ancestry of “prikaatinkomentaja”, step by step
prikaatinkomentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish komentaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | komentaja | commander, commanding officer; An officer rank in... |
| 2 | Finnish | komentaa | to command; to second |
| 3 | Swedish | kommendera | to command, to order |
| 4 | French | commander | to order |
| 5 | Middle French | commander | to command |
| 6 | Old French | comander | to command, to implore; to request, to ask for;... |
| 7 | Latin | commandō | to chew |
| 8 | Latin | commendō | to commend, entrust to, commit |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |