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Hakkapeliitta
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hakkapeliitta
English
Etymology
en :bor fi:hakkapeliitta<ety:af<sv:hakkapelit<ety:der<fi:hakkaa päälle<unc><ety:af<hakata<ety:inh<urj-fin-pro:*hak'at'ak>>><päälle<ety:from<pää<ety:inh<urj-fin-pro:*pää<ety:inh<urj-pro:*päŋe>>>>>>>>>>><-iitta<ety:der<la:-ītēs>>>> 1
en fi hakkapeliitta, probably from the en fi - war cry fi hakkaa päälle hack on; hit on.
Noun
A Finnish light cavalryman during the Thirty Years' War.
Translations
cavalryman
Finnish: fi hakkapeliitta
Swedish: sv hakkapelit c