Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta

Etymology
Probably (, with a similar change of medial *ajeC > *aiC like in,  and possibly ), in the sense "a place that is driven full, filled".

A proposal connecting this with a hypothetical (compare, , ) appears unlikely. These words go back to a, which ESSJa rejects going back to an older or , also arguing that the word more likely originally meant "flock, herd".

Noun

 * 1)  storehouse

Descendants

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