Where does “sotilasviranomainen” come from?

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

sotilasviranomainen (Finnish): military authority

Definitions

  1. military authority

Ancestry of “sotilasviranomainen”, step by step

sotilasviranomainen 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 viranomainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviranomainenofficial, public authority; officer or official...
2Finnish-omainen
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s