Where does “torjuntavoitto” come from?

torjuntavoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish voitto, from Finnish voittaa, from Proto-Finnic voittadak, from Proto-Finnic voidak, from Proto-Uralic woje- — can, to be able.

torjuntavoitto (Finnish): defensive victory, tactical victory

Definitions

  1. defensive victory, tactical victory

Ancestry of “torjuntavoitto”, step by step

torjuntavoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittovictory, win; profit
2Finnishvoittaato win
3Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
4Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
5Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able

via Finnish torjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuntaprevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,...
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic woje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voidak →Every word from Proto-Finnic voittadak →