Where does “sorttu” come from?
sorttu (Ingrian) comes from Russian сорт, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorttu (Ingrian): sort, type
Definitions
- sort, type
Ancestry of “sorttu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сорт | sort, kind, variety; quality, grade; brand |
| 2 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |