Where does “sopusointu” come from?

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

sopusointu (Finnish): harmony

Definitions

  1. harmony

Ancestry of “sopusointu”, step by step

sopusointu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sopu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsopuharmony, concord, agreement
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

via Finnish Sointu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSointuchord
2Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
3Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
4Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
5Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje—

Words derived from “sopusointu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sopidak →