Where does “sotilaspastori” come from?

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

sotilaspastori (Finnish): military chaplain

Definitions

  1. military chaplain

Ancestry of “sotilaspastori”, step by step

sotilaspastori 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 pastori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpastoripastor
2SwedishpastorA pastor, priest
3LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
4Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →