Where does “sotavankileiri” come from?
sotavankileiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish leiri, from Swedish läger, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sotavankileiri (Finnish): prisoner-of-war camp
Definitions
- prisoner-of-war camp
Ancestry of “sotavankileiri”, step by step
sotavankileiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish leiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leiri | A camp |
| 2 | Swedish | läger | a quarter, a camp |
| 3 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 4 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish sotavanki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sotavanki | A prisoner of war, POW |
| 2 | Finnish | vanki | prisoner |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fange | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |