Where does “õmbleja” come from?

õmbleja (Estonian) comes from Estonian -ja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

õmbleja (Estonian): seamster, dressmaker, sewer

Definitions

  1. seamster, dressmaker, sewer

Ancestry of “õmbleja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-ja-er; derives various adverbs
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-ja—
3Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Estonian -ja →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ja →