Where does “sotilastorppa” come from?
sotilastorppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sotilastorppa (Finnish): a croft or copyhold granted to soldiers under the allotment system
Definitions
- a croft or copyhold granted to soldiers under the allotment system
Ancestry of “sotilastorppa”, step by step
sotilastorppa 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 torppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torppa | copyhold; A house on such farm; cottage |
| 2 | Swedish | torp | A solitary farm, distant from other settlements;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | þorp | hamlet, village |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þurpą | village, rural settlement; gathering of people;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | treb- | settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell |