Where does “sotaministeri” come from?
sotaministeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ministeri, from Swedish minister, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
sotaministeri (Finnish): minister of war
Ancestry of “sotaministeri”, step by step
sotaministeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ministeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ministeri | a minister; an honorary title of the second rank... |
| 2 | Swedish | minister | a minister |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
via Finnish sota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sota | war; warfare; military, war- |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sota | war, conflict |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śoďa | war |