aitta
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- granary or other unheated farm storehouse of relatively firm build, used as a storage of various goods which are relatively valuable and not too voluminous. Compare with lato and vaja.
- (figuratively) granary fertile area especially suitable for farming; used normally with a modifier as in ruoka-aitta or vilja-aitta.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *aitta.
Origin
Proto-Finnic
*aitta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aittoniemi Finnish
- aarre Finnish
- aarreaitta Finnish
- hirsi Finnish
- hirsiaitta Finnish
- luhti Finnish
- luhtiaitta Finnish
- niemi Finnish
- patsas Finnish
- patsasaitta Finnish
- ruoka Finnish
- ruoka-aitta Finnish
- vaate Finnish
- vaateaitta Finnish
- vilja Finnish
- vilja-aitta Finnish
- *aitta Proto-Finnic
- aitta Ingrian
- aitta Karelian