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

Definitions

  1. chaos, turmoil

Ancestry of “sekasorto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsortooppression, persecution, repression; leeway
2Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
3Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down

Words derived from “sekasorto”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadak →Every word from Finnish sortaa →Every word from Finnish sorto →