Where does “sotilassoittokunta” come from?
sotilassoittokunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sotilassoittokunta (Finnish): military band
Definitions
- military band
Ancestry of “sotilassoittokunta”, step by step
sotilassoittokunta 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 soittokunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soittokunta | A band, orchestra, marching band |
| 2 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 3 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |