Where does “proxy-sota” come from?

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

proxy-sota (Finnish): Synonym of sijaissota

Definitions

  1. Synonym of sijaissota

Ancestry of “proxy-sota”, step by step

proxy-sota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish proxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishproxy—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →