Where does “sotilaskoti” come from?

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

sotilaskoti (Finnish): a recreational center, often with a café and kiosk, for soldiers at a garrison

Definitions

  1. a recreational center, often with a café and kiosk, for soldiers at a garrison

Ancestry of “sotilaskoti”, step by step

sotilaskoti 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 koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

Words derived from “sotilaskoti”

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