Where does “auringonottaja” come from?

auringonottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaja, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

auringonottaja (Finnish): sunbather

Definitions

  1. sunbather

Ancestry of “auringonottaja”, step by step

auringonottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishottajaA taker, one who takes
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish ottaja →