Where does “sotilaspappi” come from?

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

sotilaspappi (Finnish): military chaplain

Definitions

  1. military chaplain

Ancestry of “sotilaspappi”, step by step

sotilaspappi 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 pappi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpappipriest
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pappi—
3Old East Slavicпопъpriest
4Ancient Greekπάπαςbishop, patriarch; father
5Ancient Greekπάππαςdaddy, papa; papa, daddy; father
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →