Where does “sotilaskeisari” come from?

sotilaskeisari (Finnish) comes from Finnish keisari, from Old Swedish keysar, from Middle Low German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Indonesian kaisar, from Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser — hair.

sotilaskeisari (Finnish): barracks emperor

Definitions

  1. barracks emperor

Ancestry of “sotilaskeisari”, step by step

sotilaskeisari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keisari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeisariemperor
2Old Swedishkeysaremperor
3Middle Low Germankeiseremperor
4Old High Germankeisaremperor
5Indonesiankaisaremperor; empress
6Dutchkeizeremperor
7Middle Dutchkeiser
8Old Dutchkeiseremperor
9Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
10LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
11Latincaesariesor hair
12Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

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
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