Where does “sotavahvuus” come from?

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

sotavahvuus (Finnish): military strength during war conditions

Definitions

  1. military strength during war conditions

Ancestry of “sotavahvuus”, step by step

sotavahvuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish vahvuus

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