Where does “sotakirja” come from?

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

sotakirja (Finnish): war book

Definitions

  1. war book

Ancestry of “sotakirja”, step by step

sotakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →
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