Where does “kaukosaaste” come from?

kaukosaaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish saaste, from Finnish saasta, from Proto-Finnic saasta.

kaukosaaste (Finnish): remote pollutant, remote pollution

Definitions

  1. remote pollutant, remote pollution

Ancestry of “kaukosaaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaastepollution; pollutant
2Finnishsaastafilth
3Proto-Finnicsaasta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic saasta →Every word from Finnish saasta →Every word from Finnish saaste →