Where does “maailmasõda” come from?

maailmasõda (Estonian) comes from Estonian maailm, from Estonian kuulus, from Estonian kuuluma, from Finnish kuulua, from Ingrian -isa — Used to form adjectives denoting an abundance of the suffixed noun.

maailmasõda (Estonian): world war

Definitions

  1. world war

Ancestry of “maailmasõda”, step by step

maailmasõda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian maailm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaailmworld
2Estoniankuulusfamous
3Estoniankuulumato belong
4Finnishkuuluato be heard/audible; to be said; used to refer to...
5Ingrian-isaUsed to form adjectives denoting an abundance of the suffixed noun

via Estonian sõda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõdawar
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Ingrian -isa →Every word from Finnish kuulua →Every word from Estonian kuuluma →