Where does “sortaja” come from?

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

sortaja (Finnish): oppressor, victimizer

Definitions

  1. oppressor, victimizer

Ancestry of “sortaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
2Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down
Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadak →Every word from Finnish sortaa →