Where does “sovelluskehitin” come from?

sovelluskehitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish sovellus, from Finnish soveltaa, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa — clothing.

sovelluskehitin (Finnish): application creator, application generator

Definitions

  1. application creator, application generator

Ancestry of “sovelluskehitin”, step by step

sovelluskehitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sovellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsovellusapplication; application, app
2FinnishsoveltaaTo apply; Third-person singular indicative...
3Finnishsopiato fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,...
4Proto-Finnicsopidakto fit; to suit, to be suitable
5Proto-Finnicsopagarment, piece of clothing; clothes
6Proto-Uralicśopaclothing

via Finnish kehitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitindeveloper; generator, producer; First-person...
2Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
3Finnishkehitä
4Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
5Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic śopa