Where does “fadolaulaja” come from?

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

fadolaulaja (Finnish): fado singer

Definitions

  1. fado singer

Ancestry of “fadolaulaja”, step by step

fadolaulaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulajasinger
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish fado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfadofado; fado, fado song
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish laulaja →