Where does “yökaste” come from?

yökaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaste, from Proto-Finnic kastek, from Proto-Finnic kastadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

yökaste (Finnish): night dew

Definitions

  1. night dew

Ancestry of “yökaste”, step by step

yökaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkastedew; baptism, christening
2Proto-Finnickastekdew
3Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish yö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kastadak →