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Where does “sovintoratkaisu” come from?

sovintoratkaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sovinto, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa.

sovintoratkaisu (Finnish): out-of-court settlement

Definitions

  1. out-of-court settlement

Ancestry of “sovintoratkaisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsovintoA reconciliation, atonement; "tehdä sovinto": To...
2Finnishsopiato fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,...
3Proto-Finnicsopidakto fit; to suit, to be suitable
4Proto-Finnicsopagarment, piece of clothing; clothes
5Proto-Uralicśopa—
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