Where does “sotavarsta” come from?

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

sotavarsta (Finnish): flail weapon

Definitions

  1. flail weapon

Ancestry of “sotavarsta”, step by step

sotavarsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

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

via Finnish varsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarstaflail agricultural tool
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →