Where does “militärsakkunnig” come from?
militärsakkunnig (Swedish) comes from Swedish militär, from French militaire, from Middle French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
militärsakkunnig (Swedish): a military adviser
Definitions
- a military adviser
Ancestry of “militärsakkunnig”, step by step
militärsakkunnig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish militär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | militär | military; the military; a military, a soldier |
| 2 | French | militaire | military, militaristic; military |
| 3 | Middle French | militaire | military |
| 4 | Latin | mīlitāris | Of a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial |
| 5 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Swedish sakkunnig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sakkunnig | knowledgeable; an adviser, an expert; a special... |
| 2 | Swedish | sak | thing; undefined individual object, usually of... |
| 3 | Old Norse | sǫk | legal case, action; fault |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sakō | quarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |