Where does “sotilaslääkäri” come from?

sotilaslääkäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish lääkäri, from Swedish läkare, from Old Swedish lækiare, from Old Swedish lækir, from Old Norse lækir, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sotilaslääkäri (Finnish): military doctor, military physician

Definitions

  1. military doctor, military physician

Ancestry of “sotilaslääkäri”, step by step

sotilaslääkäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lääkäri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlääkäriphysician, medical doctor
2Swedishläkarea doctor; a physician
3Old Swedishlækiare—
4Old Swedishlækirphysician, leech
5Old Norselækir—
6Proto-Germaniclēkijazdoctor, physician
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

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 leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz →Every word from Old Norse lækir →