Where does “sotaromaani” come from?

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

sotaromaani (Finnish): war novel

Definitions

  1. war novel

Ancestry of “sotaromaani”, step by step

sotaromaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish romaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromaaninovel; Misspelling of romani
2SwedishromanA novel
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďaEvery word from Proto-Finnic sotaEvery word from Finnish sota