Where does “sodanuhka” come from?

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

sodanuhka (Finnish): threat of war

Definitions

  1. threat of war

Ancestry of “sodanuhka”, step by step

sodanuhka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish uhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
2Proto-Finnicuhka
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďaEvery word from Proto-Finnic sotaEvery word from Finnish sota
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