Where does “sotilasjuntta” come from?
sotilasjuntta (Finnish) comes from Finnish juntta, from Russian фу́нт, from German pfund, from Middle High German pfunt, from Old High German pfunt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus — to stretch.
sotilasjuntta (Finnish): junta
Definitions
- junta
Ancestry of “sotilasjuntta”, step by step
sotilasjuntta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juntta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juntta | pile driver, ram; junta |
| 2 | Russian | фу́нт | pound (409.51241 grams) |
| 3 | German | pfund | a metric pound, 500 grams, half a kilogram |
| 4 | Middle High German | pfunt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | pfunt | pound |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *pund | pound (weight) |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 8 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |