Where does “sotamies” come from?

sotamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

sotamies (Finnish): private; infantryman, foot soldier; soldier

Definitions

  1. private; infantryman, foot soldier; soldier

Ancestry of “sotamies”, step by step

sotamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish sota

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

Words derived from “sotamies”

Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →