Where does “satoa” come from?

satoa (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic satadak, from Proto-Uralic śada-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Definitions

Ancestry of “satoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicsatadakto fall, to drop from height
2Proto-Uralicśada-to rain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Uralic śada- →Every word from Proto-Finnic satadak →
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