Where does “sotilashenkilöstö” come from?

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

sotilashenkilöstö (Finnish): military personnel

Definitions

  1. military personnel

Ancestry of “sotilashenkilöstö”, step by step

sotilashenkilöstö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish henkilöstö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöstöpersonnel, staff
2Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
3Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
4Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
5Proto-Uralicčeŋke
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -las