Where does “sovellusala” come from?
sovellusala (Finnish) comes from Finnish sovellus, from Finnish soveltaa, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa.
sovellusala (Finnish): field of application
Ancestry of “sovellusala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sovellus | application; application, app |
| 2 | Finnish | soveltaa | To apply; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | sopia | to fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sopidak | to fit; to suit, to be suitable |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | sopa | garment, piece of clothing; clothes |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | śopa | — |