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Where does “sato” come from?

sato (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.

sato (Finnish): harvest, crop

Definitions

  1. harvest, crop

Ancestry of “sato”, 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

Words derived from “sato”

  • satoisa
  • sulkasato
  • omenasato
  • sadonkorjuu
  • höyhensato
  • hillasato
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →