Where does “sotilas” come from?

sotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sotilas (Finnish): soldier; pawn; jack, knave

Definitions

  1. soldier; pawn; jack, knave

Ancestry of “sotilas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

Words derived from “sotilas

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -las
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