noun
Meaning 1
A Finnish light cavalryman during the Thirty Years' War.
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Hakkapeliitta
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *hak'at'ak Finnish hakata Proto-Uralic *päŋe Proto-Finnic *pää Finnish pää Finnish päälle Finnish hakkaa päälleder.? Swedish hakkapelit Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsder. Finnish -iitta Finnish hakkapeliittabor. English Hakkapeliitta Borrowed from Finnish hakkapeliitta, probably from the Finnish war cry hakkaa päälle (literally “hack on; hit on”).
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Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: hakkapeliitta — cavalryman
- Swedish: hakkapelit — cavalryman