Where does “sortoaita” come from?

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

sortoaita (Finnish): dead hedge, deadwood hedge

Definitions

  1. dead hedge, deadwood hedge

Ancestry of “sortoaita”, step by step

sortoaita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sorto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsortooppression, persecution, repression; leeway
2Finnishsortaato trample; to oppress, persecute, tyrannize,...
3Proto-Finnicsortadakto tip over, make fall over or down

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Finnic sortadak →Every word from Finnish sortaa →Every word from Finnish sorto →