Where does “siirtomaasota” come from?
siirtomaasota (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtomaa, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
siirtomaasota (Finnish): colonial war
Ancestry of “siirtomaasota”, step by step
siirtomaasota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siirtomaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtomaa | colony |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish sota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sota | war; warfare; military, war- |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sota | war, conflict |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śoďa | war |