ruotuväki

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (historical) military armed forces of Sweden and Finland during the period when the formation of military units was based on so called allotment system, in which each ruotu, or a grouping of 2 to 6 estates, was responsible for providing one armed soldier to the crown
  • (by extension) military current armed forces of Finland

Etymology

Affix from Finnish ruotu + Finnish väki (people, folks, crowd, folk, strength, power).

Origin

Finnish

väki

Gloss

people, folks, crowd, folk, strength, power

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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