majuri
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (military ranks) A major
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish major derived from Latin maior (greater, bigger, superior, larger, major).
Origin
Latin
maior
Gloss
greater, bigger, superior, larger, major
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kenraali Finnish
- kenraalimajuri Finnish
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- major French
- майор Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- generalmajor Swedish
- major Swedish
- maire Old French
- major Catalan, Valencian
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Crimean Tatar