Where does “rintapanssari” come from?

rintapanssari (Finnish) comes 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.

rintapanssari (Finnish): breastplate, cuirass

Definitions

  1. breastplate, cuirass

Ancestry of “rintapanssari”, step by step

rintapanssari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish panssari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpanssariarmor, armour, armouring; carapace
2Swedishpansaran armour
3Old Swedishpanzar—
4Middle Low Germanpantzer—
5Italianpancieracorset, girdle
6Italianpanciabelly, stomach, paunch
7Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Latin pantex →