Where does “sotapalvelus” come from?

sotapalvelus (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelus, from Finnish palvella, from Finnish palvoa, from Proto-Finnic palvodak — to ask for.

sotapalvelus (Finnish): war service

Definitions

  1. war service

Ancestry of “sotapalvelus”, step by step

sotapalvelus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvelus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelusservice; favor
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Finnic palvodak →Every word from Finnish palvoa →Every word from Finnish palvella →