Where does “sotija” come from?

sotija (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sotija (Finnish): fighter

Definitions

  1. fighter

Ancestry of “sotija”, step by step

sotija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish sotia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotiato be at war, to fight in a war; to campaign;...
2Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
3Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
4Proto-Uralicśoďawar

Words derived from “sotija”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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