Where does “nautija” come from?
nautija (Estonian) comes from Estonian nautima, from Finnish nauttia, from Proto-Germanic nautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
nautija (Estonian): enjoyer
Definitions
- enjoyer
Ancestry of “nautija”, step by step
nautija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian nautima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | nautima | to enjoy |
| 2 | Finnish | nauttia | To enjoy; To enjoy a legal right; To ingest,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nautijaną | to cause to use; to employ |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |