Where does “kertoja” come from?

kertoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kertoa, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

kertoja (Finnish): narrator; storyteller; multiplier

Definitions

  1. narrator; storyteller; multiplier

Ancestry of “kertoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertoato tell; to multiply; to have it
2Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
3Proto-Finnickertatime
4Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
5Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

Words derived from “kertoja”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta →
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