Where does “sotilasmusiikki” come from?

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

sotilasmusiikki (Finnish): military music

Definitions

  1. military music

Ancestry of “sotilasmusiikki”, step by step

sotilasmusiikki 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 musiikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmusiikkimusic
2Swedishmusikmusic
3Latinmūsica—
4Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
5Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →