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Where does “sorsinta” come from?

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

sorsinta (Finnish): discrimination, persecution

Definitions

  1. discrimination, persecution

Ancestry of “sorsinta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsorsiaPartitive plural form of sorsa; To discriminate...
2Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
3Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down
Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadak →