Where does “sotilasnimi” come from?

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

sotilasnimi (Finnish): soldier name; a nickname or byname given to a soldier, as was historically tradition in Northern Europe

Definitions

soldier name; a nickname or byname given to a soldier, as was historically tradition in Northern Europe

Ancestry of “sotilasnimi”, step by step

sotilasnimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sotilas

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	sotilas	soldier; pawn; jack, knave
2	Finnish	-las	Forms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3	Finnish	-lä	Front vowel variant of -la
4	Finnish	-as	Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5	Proto-Finnic	-s	Forms nouns
6	Proto-Finno-Ugric	-s	—

via Finnish nimi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	nimi	name
2	Finnish	-iäiset	—

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