Where does “sotaleski” come from?

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

sotaleski (Finnish): war widow

Definitions

  1. war widow

Ancestry of “sotaleski”, step by step

sotaleski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish leski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleskiwidow female, widower male
2Proto-Finno-Ugricleski—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →
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