Where does “sotalapsi” come from?

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

sotalapsi (Finnish): A war child; Any of the Finnish war children who...

Definitions

  1. A war child; Any of the Finnish war children who...

Ancestry of “sotalapsi”, step by step

sotalapsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →
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