Where does “sotaväki” come from?

sotaväki (Finnish) comes from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

sotaväki (Finnish): military armed forces

Definitions

  1. military armed forces

Ancestry of “sotaväki”, step by step

sotaväki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
2Icelandicvakihormone
3Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
4Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

via Finnish sota

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

Words derived from “sotaväki”

Every word from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع →Every word from Arabic وَاقِع →Every word from Icelandic vaki →