Where does “sota-alus” come from?
sota-alus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
sota-alus (Finnish): warship; man of war
Ancestry of “sota-alus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 2 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |