Where does “sotalippu” come from?

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

sotalippu (Finnish): military flag

Definitions

  1. military flag

Ancestry of “sotalippu”, step by step

sotalippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →