Where does “sotilasase” come from?

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

sotilasase (Finnish): military weapon

Definitions

military weapon

Ancestry of “sotilasase”, step by step

sotilasase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilas

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	sotilas	soldier; pawn; jack, knave
2	Finnish	-las	Forms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3	Finnish	-lä	Front vowel variant of -la
4	Finnish	-as	Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5	Proto-Finnic	-s	Forms nouns
6	Proto-Finno-Ugric	-s	—

via Finnish ase

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	ase	weapon; gun; tool, utensil
2	Proto-Finnic	asek	weapon
3	Proto-Finnic	-ek	Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4	Proto-Uralic	-ek	Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →