Where does “sotaväenosasto” come from?

sotaväenosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish osasto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

sotaväenosasto (Finnish): troop, military unit

Definitions

  1. troop, military unit

Ancestry of “sotaväenosasto”, step by step

sotaväenosasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosastodepartment; compartment; section
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish sotaväki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotaväkimilitary armed forces
2Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
3Icelandicvakihormone
4Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
5Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish -sto