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Where does “yliluutnantti” come from?

yliluutnantti (Finnish) comes from Finnish luutnantti, from French lieutenant, from French lieu, from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

yliluutnantti (Finnish): An officer rank in Finnish defence forces. The...

Definitions

  1. An officer rank in Finnish defence forces. The...

Ancestry of “yliluutnantti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluutnanttilieutenant; The second-lowest junior officer rank...
2Frenchlieutenantlieutenant
3Frenchlieuplace; any of several fish from the Pollachius...
4Middle Frenchlieuplace
5Old Frenchleuwolf; place
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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