Where does “sõjakuritegu” come from?

sõjakuritegu (Estonian) comes from Estonian kuritegu, from Estonian tegu, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

sõjakuritegu (Estonian): war crime

Definitions

  1. war crime

Ancestry of “sõjakuritegu”, step by step

sõjakuritegu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kuritegu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankuritegucrime
2Estonianteguaction, deed, doing
3Proto-Finnictekoact, deed
4Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
5Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Estonian sõda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõdawar
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →