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Where does “ydinsota” come from?

ydinsota (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.

ydinsota (Finnish): nuclear war; nuclear warfare

Definitions

  1. nuclear war; nuclear warfare

Ancestry of “ydinsota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →