Where does “sekasortoinen” come from?

sekasortoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekasorto, from Finnish sorto, from Finnish sortaa, from Proto-Finnic sortadak — to tip over, make fall over or down.

sekasortoinen (Finnish): chaotic

Definitions

  1. chaotic

Ancestry of “sekasortoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekasortochaos, turmoil
2Finnishsortooppression, persecution, repression; leeway
3Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
4Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down

Words derived from “sekasortoinen”

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