Where does “sotilasvaltio” come from?
sotilasvaltio (Finnish) comes from Finnish sotilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
sotilasvaltio (Finnish): military state
Definitions
- military state
Ancestry of “sotilasvaltio”, step by step
sotilasvaltio 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 valtio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valtio | government, state, country |
| 2 | Finnish | valta | power, authority, rule; main, principal; country,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | valta | might, power, authority; white |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waldą | might, power, authority |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |