Where does “keikkalaulaja” come from?

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

keikkalaulaja (Finnish): touring singer

Definitions

  1. touring singer

Ancestry of “keikkalaulaja”, step by step

keikkalaulaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulajasinger
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish keikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeikkagig; job, task; heist
2FinnishkeikkuaTo rock
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish laulaja →