Where does “kodusõda” come from?

kodusõda (Estonian) comes from Estonian kodu, from Proto-Finnic koto, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kodusõda (Estonian): civil war

Definitions

  1. civil war

Ancestry of “kodusõda”, step by step

kodusõda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kodu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankoduhome
2Proto-Finnickotohome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Estonian sõda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõdawar
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →