Where does “sotaviuhka” come from?

sotaviuhka (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

sotaviuhka (Finnish): war fan, tessen hand fan designed for warfare, used in medieval Japan chiefly for signaling but some were made of steel and used as an easily concealable weapon

Definitions

  1. war fan, tessen hand fan designed for warfare, used in medieval Japan chiefly for signaling but some were made of steel and used as an easily concealable weapon

Ancestry of “sotaviuhka”, step by step

sotaviuhka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviuhkahand fan, fan; fan; luck
2Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-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 -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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