Where does “sotilasviisiottelu” come from?

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

sotilasviisiottelu (Finnish): military pentathlon

Definitions

  1. military pentathlon

Ancestry of “sotilasviisiottelu”, step by step

sotilasviisiottelu 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 viisiottelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisiottelupentathlon; modern pentathlon; pentathlon in...
2Finnishottelumatch
3FinnishotellaTo compete
4Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
5Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →