Where does “sataa” come from?

sataa (Finnish) comes from North Frisian iir, from Old Frisian iēr, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- — year.

sataa (Finnish): to precipitate to have water in the air fall to the ground: to rain, snow, sleet, hail

Definitions

  1. to precipitate to have water in the air fall to the ground: to rain, snow, sleet, hail

Ancestry of “sataa”, step by step

sataa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via North Frisian iir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Frisianiiryear
2Old Frisianiēr—
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via Proto-Finnic satadak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsatadakto fall, to drop from height
2Proto-Uralicśada-to rain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “sataa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jār →