Where does “vertaissovittelu” come from?
vertaissovittelu (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.
vertaissovittelu (Finnish): peer mediation
Definitions
- peer mediation
Ancestry of “vertaissovittelu”, step by step
vertaissovittelu 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 vertainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vertainen | equal, peer |
| 2 | Finnish | verta | match equal or superior in comparison now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | verta | match equal or superior in comparison |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |