Where does “viidakkosota” come from?

viidakkosota (Finnish) comes from Finnish viidakko, from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

viidakkosota (Finnish): jungle warfare

Definitions

  1. jungle warfare

Ancestry of “viidakkosota”, step by step

viidakkosota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viidakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidakkothicket; jungle
2FinnishviitaA thicket of young deciduous trees
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →