Where does “muonavahvuus” come from?

muonavahvuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahvuus, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

muonavahvuus (Finnish): the strength of a military force as accounted for by counting the number of people fed

Definitions

  1. the strength of a military force as accounted for by counting the number of people fed

Ancestry of “muonavahvuus”, step by step

muonavahvuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahvuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvuusstrength; muster
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish muona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuonaFood provisions, supplies
2Swedishmånadskostfood provision for one month
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →Every word from Finnish vahvuus →