Where does “nuijasota” come from?

nuijasota (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.

nuijasota (Finnish): The Cudgel War

Definitions

  1. The Cudgel War

Ancestry of “nuijasota”, step by step

nuijasota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →