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Where does “avunantaja” come from?

avunantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish antaja, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja.

avunantaja (Finnish): helper; accessory, accomplice

Definitions

  1. helper; accessory, accomplice

Ancestry of “avunantaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishantajagiver
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →