Where does “sortti” come from?
sortti (Finnish) comes from Swedish sort, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sortti (Finnish): type, kind, sort; shortstop
Definitions
- type, kind, sort; shortstop
Ancestry of “sortti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | sort | sort, kind |
| 2 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |