Where does “aidan” come from?

aidan (Finnish) comes from Finnish aita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aita, from Proto-Uralic *ajta — fence.

aidan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of aita

Definitions

  1. Genitive singular form of aita

Ancestry of “aidan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ajta →
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