Where does “sotavahinko” come from?

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

sotavahinko (Finnish): war damage

Definitions

  1. war damage

Ancestry of “sotavahinko”, step by step

sotavahinko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish vahinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahinkomishap; accident; damage
2Proto-Finnicvahinkomishap, accident
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →