Where does “sotilaskotisisar” come from?

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

sotilaskotisisar (Finnish): a (female) staff member of a sotilaskoti

Definitions

  1. a (female) staff member of a sotilaskoti

Ancestry of “sotilaskotisisar”, step by step

sotilaskotisisar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilaskoti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilaskotia recreational center, often with a café and kiosk, for soldiers at a garrison
2Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
3Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
4Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
5Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
6Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
7Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish sisar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsisarsister
2Proto-Finnicsesarsister
3Proto-Balto-Slavicswésōsister
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
5Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -las