Where does “neuvostosotilas” come from?

neuvostosotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

neuvostosotilas (Finnish): Soviet soldier

Definitions

  1. Soviet soldier

Ancestry of “neuvostosotilas”, step by step

neuvostosotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish neuvosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneuvostocouncil; soviet
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →