Where does “sekasortoisuus” come from?

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

sekasortoisuus (Finnish): chaoticness, disorder, chaos

Definitions

  1. chaoticness, disorder, chaos

Ancestry of “sekasortoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekasortoinenchaotic
2Finnishsekasortochaos, turmoil
3Finnishsortooppression, persecution, repression; leeway
4Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
5Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down
Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadakEvery word from Finnish sortaaEvery word from Finnish sorto