Where does “jatkosota” come from?
jatkosota (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.
jatkosota (Finnish): Continuation War, War of Continuation
Definitions
- Continuation War, War of Continuation
Ancestry of “jatkosota”, step by step
jatkosota 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 jatko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jatko | follow-on, follow-up; addition; lengthening |
| 2 | Finnish | jatkaa | to continue, keep on, go on; to extend, lengthen,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jatkadak | to continue, to go on, to keep on; to lengthen,... |