Where does “rintamakarkuri” come from?
rintamakarkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish rintama, from Finnish rinta, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.
rintamakarkuri (Finnish): deserter
Ancestry of “rintamakarkuri”, step by step
rintamakarkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rintama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rintama | front, battlefront; front; theater |
| 2 | Finnish | rinta | breast; chest, especially the front side of it |
| 3 | Finnish | -mä | Front vowel variant of -ma |
via Finnish karkuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karkuri | deserter; escapee |
| 2 | Finnish | karata | to escape, run away, flee, fly; to elope; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kargat'ak | — |
Words derived from “rintamakarkuri”