Where does “sekasorto” come from?
sekasorto (Finnish) comes from Finnish sorto, from Finnish sortaa, from Proto-Finnic sortadak — to tip over, make fall over or down.
sekasorto (Finnish): chaos, turmoil
Ancestry of “sekasorto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sorto | oppression, persecution, repression; leeway |
| 2 | Finnish | sortaa | to trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sortadak | to tip over, make fall over or down |