Where does “saastainen” come from?

saastainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish saasta, from Proto-Finnic saasta.

saastainen (Finnish): foul, dirty

Definitions

  1. foul, dirty

Ancestry of “saastainen”, step by step

saastainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaastafilth
2Proto-Finnicsaasta—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “saastainen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic saasta →Every word from Finnish saasta →