Where does “sotilasfarssi” come from?

sotilasfarssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish farssi, from Swedish fars, from French farce, from Old French farse, from Old French farsir, from Latin farcio, from Proto-Italic farkjō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ- — to condense; to crowd together.

sotilasfarssi (Finnish): a military-themed farce performance, film, etc. parodying military life

Definitions

  1. a military-themed farce performance, film, etc. parodying military life

Ancestry of “sotilasfarssi”, step by step

sotilasfarssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish farssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfarssifarce
2Swedishfarsa farce; a parody or comedy
3Frenchfarcestuffing; farce
4Old Frenchfarse—
5Old Frenchfarsir—
6LatinfarcioI cram, stuff
7Proto-Italicfarkjōto stuff
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrekʷ-to condense; to crowd together

via Finnish sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic farkjō →Every word from Latin farcio →