Where does “sopimussotilas” come from?

sopimussotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sopimussotilas (Finnish): contract soldier

Definitions

  1. contract soldier

Ancestry of “sopimussotilas”, step by step

sopimussotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish sopimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopimusagreement, arrangement, contract; treaty,...
2Finnishsopiato fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,...
3Proto-Finnicsopidakto fit; to suit, to be suitable
4Proto-Finnicsopagarment, piece of clothing; clothes
5Proto-Uralicśopaclothing
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →