Where does “kastaja” come from?

kastaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kastaa, from Proto-Finnic kastadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

kastaja (Finnish): baptist, baptizer

Definitions

  1. baptist, baptizer

Ancestry of “kastaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkastaato dip, sop; to baptize/baptise
2Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
3Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “kastaja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kastadak →