Where does “sotilasmarssi” come from?
sotilasmarssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish marssi, from Swedish marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
sotilasmarssi (Finnish): military march
Definitions
- military march
Ancestry of “sotilasmarssi”, step by step
sotilasmarssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marssi | march; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Swedish | marsch | a march; a march; music written for marching; a... |
| 3 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |