Where does “sotilasvirkamies” come from?

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

sotilasvirkamies (Finnish): a civilian military officer; a person acting as or in the same position as a military officer but not holding a military rank

Definitions

  1. a civilian military officer; a person acting as or in the same position as a military officer but not holding a military rank

Ancestry of “sotilasvirkamies”, step by step

sotilasvirkamies 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 virkamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirkamiescivil servant, public officer, official
2Finnishvirkapost, position, office, public office; purpose,...
3Old Norsevirkja—
4Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →