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Where does “saaste” come from?

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

saaste (Finnish): pollution; pollutant

Definitions

  1. pollution; pollutant

Ancestry of “saaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaastafilth
2Proto-Finnicsaasta—

Words derived from “saaste”

  • saastepilvi
  • ilmansaaste
  • ydinsaaste
  • äänisaaste
Every word from Proto-Finnic saasta →