Where does “sotajalka” come from?

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

sotajalka (Finnish): warpath

Definitions

  1. warpath

Ancestry of “sotajalka”, step by step

sotajalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →