Where does “sotilasvirka” come from?

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

sotilasvirka (Finnish): a post or office in the military

Definitions

a post or office in the military

Ancestry of “sotilasvirka”, step by step

sotilasvirka 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 virka

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	virka	post, position, office, public office; purpose,...
2	Old Norse	virkja	—
3	Proto-Germanic	wirkijaną	to make, produce; to effect, make happen
4	Proto-Indo-European	werǵ-	to make

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →