Where does “Sodankylä” come from?
Sodankylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sodan, from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.
Ancestry of “Sodankylä”, step by step
Sodankylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sodan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sodan | Genitive singular form of sota; of war; of a... |
| 2 | Finnish | sota | war; warfare; military, war- |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sota | war, conflict |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śoďa | war |
via Finnish kylä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kylä | village; Any private place, typically someone... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | külä | dwelling |
Words derived from “Sodankylä”