Where does “riista-aita” come from?

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

riista-aita (Finnish): game fence

Definitions

  1. game fence

Ancestry of “riista-aita”, step by step

riista-aita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence

via Finnish riista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistagame
2Proto-Finnicriistaobject, item, ware
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ajta →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aita →Every word from Finnish aita →