Where does “kurjategija” come from?
kurjategija (Estonian) comes from Estonian tegija, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
kurjategija (Estonian): criminal
Ancestry of “kurjategija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | tegija | doer; a person who is well-off, a person who is... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tekejä | doer, maker |
| 3 | Estonian | tegema | to do |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |