Where does “kajava” come from?

kajava (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic kajaga, from Proto-Uralic kaja — gull.

kajava (Finnish): gull; kittiwake

Definitions

  1. gull; kittiwake

Ancestry of “kajava”, step by step

kajava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic kajaga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickajagagull
2Proto-Uralickajagull

via Hindi कजावा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकजावाsaddle for riding a camel
2Classical Persianکَجَاوَه—

Words derived from “kajava”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kaja →Every word from Proto-Finnic kajaga →
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