Where does “ritarikomentaja” come from?
ritarikomentaja (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.
ritarikomentaja (Finnish): knight or dame commander
Definitions
- knight or dame commander
Ancestry of “ritarikomentaja”, step by step
ritarikomentaja 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 ritari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ritari | knight |
| 2 | Swedish | riddare | a knight |
| 3 | Old Norse | riddari | knight, mounted warrior; knight |
| 4 | Middle Low German | ridder | a knight, an armored professional soldier usually... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | riddere | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | rîdere | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | rīdere | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |