Where does “hintasota” come from?

hintasota (Finnish) comes from Finnish hinta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *hinta, from Proto-Baltic śímta.

hintasota (Finnish): price war

Definitions

  1. price war

Ancestry of “hintasota”, step by step

hintasota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Baltic śímta →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *hinta →Every word from Finnish hinta →