Where does “sorttinen” come from?
sorttinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sortti, from Swedish sort, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “sorttinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sortti | type, kind, sort; shortstop |
| 2 | Swedish | sort | sort, kind |
| 3 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 4 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 5 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 6 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 7 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |