Where does “aituri” come from?

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

aituri (Finnish): A hurdler

Definitions

  1. A hurdler

Ancestry of “aituri”, step by step

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