Where does “aasta” come from?

aasta (Finnish) comes from Estonian aasta, from Proto-Finnic aigasta-aika — year.

aasta (Finnish): Elative singular form of aa

Definitions

  1. Elative singular form of aa

Ancestry of “aasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaastayear
2Proto-Finnicaigasta-aikayear
Every word from Proto-Finnic aigasta-aikaEvery word from Estonian aasta