Where does “sotakirves” come from?

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

sotakirves (Finnish): A battle axe

Definitions

  1. A battle axe

Ancestry of “sotakirves”, step by step

sotakirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →
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