Where does “intiaanisota” come from?
intiaanisota (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.
intiaanisota (Finnish): war with Indians or Native Americans
Definitions
- war with Indians or Native Americans
Ancestry of “intiaanisota”, step by step
intiaanisota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sota | war; warfare; military, war- |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sota | war, conflict |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śoďa | war |
via Finnish intiaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | intiaani | Native American, Amerindian, Indian |
| 2 | Swedish | indian | Indian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas |
| 3 | Spanish | indiano | Indian; having returned to Europe from the... |