Where does “höyhensato” come from?
höyhensato (Finnish) comes from Finnish sato, from Finnish sataa, from North Frisian iir, from Old Frisian iēr, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.
höyhensato (Finnish): molting of feathers
Definitions
- molting of feathers
Ancestry of “höyhensato”, step by step
höyhensato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sato | harvest, crop |
| 2 | Finnish | sataa | to precipitate to have water in the air fall to the ground: to rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| 3 | North Frisian | iir | year |
| 4 | Old Frisian | iēr | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |