Where does “tegija” come from?

tegija (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tegija (Estonian): doer; a person who is well-off, a person who is...

Definitions

  1. doer; a person who is well-off, a person who is...

Ancestry of “tegija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictekejädoer, maker
2Estoniantegemato do
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tegija”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Uralic teke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tektäk →