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Where does “sadella” come from?

sadella (Finnish) comes 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.

sadella (Finnish): To rain

Definitions

  1. To rain

Ancestry of “sadella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsataato precipitate; to rain; Partitive singular ...
2North Frisianiiryear
3Old Frisianiēr—
4Proto-West Germanicjāryear
5Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →