Where does “sadama” come from?

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

sadama (Võro): to fall, to drop; to rain, to precipitate

Definitions

  1. to fall, to drop; to rain, to precipitate

Ancestry of “sadama”, 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 →