Where does “saarrostustaistelu” come from?

saarrostustaistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarrostus, from Finnish saarrostaa, from Finnish saarros, from Finnish saartaa, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s.

saarrostustaistelu (Finnish): battle to surround or encircle

Definitions

  1. battle to surround or encircle

Ancestry of “saarrostustaistelu”, step by step

saarrostustaistelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saarrostus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaarrostusattacking in order to surround
2Finnishsaarrostaato attack in order to surround
3Finnishsaarrosencirclement
4Finnishsaartaato surround, enclose, encircle
5Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
6Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
7Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
8Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
9Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →