Where does “sotilaskäyttö” come from?

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

sotilaskäyttö (Finnish): military use

Definitions

  1. military use

Ancestry of “sotilaskäyttö”, step by step

sotilaskäyttö 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 käyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyttöuse
2Finnishkäyttääto use, make use of‚ employ, apply, utilize,...
3Finnishkäydäto visit, go to (and return), attend (a place)
4Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
5Proto-Finnickäwe-—
6Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →