Where does “áidut” come from?

áidut (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami áidi, from Finnish aita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aita, from Proto-Uralic *ajta — fence.

áidut (Northern Sami): to fence, to build a fence around, to enclose...

Definitions

  1. to fence, to build a fence around, to enclose...

Ancestry of “áidut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiáidifence
2Finnishaitafence; wall
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
4Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ajta →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aita →Every word from Finnish aita →