Where does “sotasaalis” come from?

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

sotasaalis (Finnish): war booty

Definitions

  1. war booty

Ancestry of “sotasaalis”, step by step

sotasaalis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish saalis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaalisprey, catch; kill; loot, plunder, booty
2Proto-Finnicsaalisprey, catch
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →