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satu.

fairy tale

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɑtu/[ˈs̠ɑ̝t̪u]
  1. fairy tale

  2. tale (idle story)

  3. fable (fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Where this word comes from

According to Aikio (2020), possibly from Proto-Finnic *satu, derived from an unattested verb *sate- + -u, related to Southern Sami soetedh (“to tell something frightening”) and Southern Sami soete (“frightening story”). Alternatively, possibly an obscure derivation from sattua; alternatively derived from sataa, in which case the original meaning was "fall" and the semantic development would be comparable to that of German Fall (“case”) (< fallen (“to fall”)).

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