Where does “sõtameez” come from?

sõtameez (Votic) comes from Votic meez, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

sõtameez (Votic): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “sõtameez”, step by step

sõtameez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Votic meez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticmeezman; man, husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Votic sõta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticsõtawar, conflict
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Votic meez →