Where does “sissisota” come from?
sissisota (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.
sissisota (Finnish): guerrilla war
Definitions
- guerrilla war
Ancestry of “sissisota”, step by step
sissisota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sissi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sissi | guerrilla, partisan; commando, ranger |
| 2 | Russian | шиш | rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and... |
| 3 | French | chiche | mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,... |
| 4 | Old French | cice | — |
| 5 | Proto-Albanian | tsitsā | — |
| 6 | Spanish | chicha | meat; flesh; boob; chicha |
| 7 | Kuna | chichab | Corn |