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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

  1. Continuation War, War of Continuation

Ancestry of “jatkosota”, step by step

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