Where does “sorto” come from?

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

sorto (Finnish): oppression, persecution, repression; leeway

Definitions

  1. oppression, persecution, repression; leeway

Ancestry of “sorto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
2Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down

Words derived from “sorto”

Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadak →Every word from Finnish sortaa →
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