Where does “hikipaja” come from?

hikipaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish paja, from Proto-Finnic paja, from Proto-Germanic pago-, from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.

hikipaja (Finnish): sweatshop

Definitions

  1. sweatshop

Ancestry of “hikipaja”, step by step

hikipaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—

via Finnish hiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
2Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration
Every word from Yoruba a- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ago- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pago- →