Where does “sodanjohto” come from?
sodanjohto (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.
sodanjohto (Finnish): war leadership
Ancestry of “sodanjohto”, step by step
sodanjohto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish johto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | johto | cord, line, conductor; administration,... |
| 2 | Finnish | johtaa | to lead, take, show someone the way to; to guide,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | johtadak | to lead, to guide |