Where does “tasavaltalaisarmeija” come from?
tasavaltalaisarmeija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasavaltalainen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
tasavaltalaisarmeija (Finnish): republican army
Definitions
- republican army
Ancestry of “tasavaltalaisarmeija”, step by step
tasavaltalaisarmeija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tasavaltalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasavaltalainen | republican |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish armeija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | armeija | army; military |
| 2 | French | armée | army; armed forces; feminine singular of armé |
| 3 | Middle French | armée | Alternative form of armee |
| 4 | Latin | armātus | armed |
| 5 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 6 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 7 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 8 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |