Where does “sankaripatsas” come from?

sankaripatsas (Finnish) comes from Finnish patsas, from Proto-Finnic paccas, from Proto-Germanic bandstaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

sankaripatsas (Finnish): a statue, often in a war cemetery, honoring those who fell in a war

Definitions

  1. a statue, often in a war cemetery, honoring those who fell in a war

Ancestry of “sankaripatsas”, step by step

sankaripatsas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish patsas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpatsasstatue; column formed by eg. water or clouds
2Proto-Finnicpaccas—
3Proto-Germanicbandstaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bandstaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic paccas →