Where does “sotilasvalta” come from?

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

sotilasvalta (Finnish): military power

Definitions

  1. military power

Ancestry of “sotilasvalta”, step by step

sotilasvalta 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 valta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltapower, authority, rule; main, principal; country,...
2Proto-Finnicvaltamight, power, authority; white
3Proto-Germanicwaldąmight, power, authority
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaldʰ-to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →