Where does “sovittelulautakunta” come from?
sovittelulautakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish sovittelu, from Finnish sovitella, from Finnish sovittaa, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa — clothing.
sovittelulautakunta (Finnish): mediation board, conciliation board
Definitions
- mediation board, conciliation board
Ancestry of “sovittelulautakunta”, step by step
sovittelulautakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sovittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sovittelu | conciliation, mediation; adjustment, fitting |
| 2 | Finnish | sovitella | To mediate, reconcile |
| 3 | Finnish | sovittaa | to fit, try on; to adapt; to atone for, expiate |
| 4 | Finnish | sopia | to fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | sopidak | to fit; to suit, to be suitable |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | sopa | garment, piece of clothing; clothes |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | śopa | clothing |
via Finnish lautakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lautakunta | In municipal government, a committee appointed by... |
| 2 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |