Where does “ydinsoda” come from?

ydinsoda (Karelian) comes from Karelian soda, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.

ydinsoda (Karelian): nuclear war

Definitions

  1. nuclear war

Ancestry of “ydinsoda”, step by step

ydinsoda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Karelian soda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kareliansodawar
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar

via Karelian ydin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Karelianydinmarrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Karelian soda →