Where does “itkijä” come from?

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

itkijä (Finnish): crier, one who cries; wailer

Definitions

  1. crier, one who cries; wailer

Ancestry of “itkijä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “itkijä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ja →