Where does “tykistökenraali” come from?
tykistökenraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenraali, from Swedish general, from German general, from French général, from Old French general, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
tykistökenraali (Finnish): general of the artillery
Definitions
- general of the artillery
Ancestry of “tykistökenraali”, step by step
tykistökenraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kenraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenraali | general |
| 2 | Swedish | general | a general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal |
| 3 | German | general | general |
| 4 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 5 | Old French | general | general |
| 6 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish tykistö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tykistö | artillery |
| 2 | Finnish | tykki | gun with a calibre of more than 20 millimeters;... |
| 3 | Swedish | stycke | a piece; a paragraph |
| 4 | Old Norse | stykki | piece, chop |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stukkiją | stump; piece |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |