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Where does “rintama” come from?

rintama (Finnish) comes from Finnish rinta, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.

rintama (Finnish): front, battlefront; front; theater

Definitions

  1. front, battlefront; front; theater

Ancestry of “rintama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma

Words derived from “rintama”

  • rintamaveteraani
  • sotarintama
  • rintamakarkuri
  • kotirintama
  • rintamaukkonen
  • rintamamies
  • okluusiorintama
  • rintamakirjeenvaihtaja
  • ukkosrintama
  • rintamasotilas
  • rintamamiestalo
  • rintamapalvelus
  • säärintama
  • rintamahyökkäys
Every word from Finnish -mä →