sveitsiläiskaarti
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Swiss Guard mercenary guard consisting of Swiss soldiers seeking their fortune abroad due to the poverty of their home country
- Swiss Guard pontifical Swiss Guard stationed in Vatican, the only remaining unit of this kind
Etymology
Affix from Finnish sveitsiläinen + Finnish kaarti (guard).
Origin
Finnish
kaarti
Gloss
guard
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sveitsi Finnish
- henkikaarti Finnish
- henkivartiokaarti Finnish
- kaarti Finnish
- kaartilainen Finnish
- kaartindivisioona Finnish
- kaartinjääkäri Finnish
- kansalliskaarti Finnish
- käpykaarti Finnish
- kärkikaarti Finnish
- metsäkaarti Finnish
- punakaarti Finnish
- sveitsiläinen Finnish
- sveitsiläisyys Finnish
- valkokaarti Finnish
- garde Swedish