Where does “sotateos” come from?

sotateos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

sotateos (Finnish): a work about war, e.g. a book or of music (battle piece)

Definitions

  1. a work about war, e.g. a book or of music (battle piece)

Ancestry of “sotateos”, step by step

sotateos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteoswork; oeuvre, opus
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →
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