Where does “sissijoukot” come from?

sissijoukot (Finnish) comes from Finnish sissi, from Russian шиш, from French chiche, from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.

sissijoukot (Finnish): guerrilla forces

Definitions

  1. guerrilla forces

Ancestry of “sissijoukot”, step by step

sissijoukot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sissi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsissiguerrilla, partisan; commando, ranger
2Russianшишrude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and...
3Frenchchichemean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,...
4Old Frenchcice
5Proto-Albaniantsitsā
6Spanishchichameat; flesh; boob; chicha
7KunachichabCorn

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Kuna chichabEvery word from Spanish chichaEvery word from Proto-Albanian tsitsā
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