Where does “sotaleikki” come from?

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

sotaleikki (Finnish): war play

Definitions

  1. war play

Ancestry of “sotaleikki”, step by step

sotaleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →