Where does “hermosota” come from?

hermosota (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.

hermosota (Finnish): war of nerves

Definitions

  1. war of nerves

Ancestry of “hermosota”, step by step

hermosota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →