Where does “santsari” come from?

santsari (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ari, from Latin adrianus.

santsari (Finnish): assistant instructor at an NCO or reserve officer school

Definitions

  1. assistant instructor at an NCO or reserve officer school

Ancestry of “santsari”, step by step

santsari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Ari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAri—
2Latinadrianus—

via Finnish santsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsantsisecond round of work, given as punishment
2GermanSchanzeentrenchment, redoubt; ski-jump
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