Where does “sotavahvuinen” come from?

sotavahvuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahvuinen, from Finnish vahvuus, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

sotavahvuinen (Finnish): strong enough to engage in combat such as of units

Definitions

  1. strong enough to engage in combat such as of units

Ancestry of “sotavahvuinen”, step by step

sotavahvuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vahvuinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahvuinenstrong; thick
2Finnishvahvuusstrength; muster
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →Every word from Finnish vahvuus →