Where does “sopivuus” come from?

sopivuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopiva, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa — clothing.

sopivuus (Finnish): suitability, fittingness, suitedness, befittingness

Definitions

  1. suitability, fittingness, suitedness, befittingness

Ancestry of “sopivuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopivasuitable; fit; suited
2Finnishsopiato fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,...
3Proto-Finnicsopidakto fit; to suit, to be suitable
4Proto-Finnicsopagarment, piece of clothing; clothes
5Proto-Uralicśopaclothing
Every word from Proto-Uralic śopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopidak →
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