Where does “kapakanpitäjä” come from?

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

kapakanpitäjä (Finnish): tavern keeper, bar keeper

Definitions

  1. tavern keeper, bar keeper

Ancestry of “kapakanpitäjä”, step by step

kapakanpitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäjärural municipality; holder; keeper
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish kapakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapakkapub, bar, tavern, inn
2Russianкаба́кtavern, pub, bar
3Low GermanKabackehut, hovel
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish pitäjä →