Where does “kirjoja” come from?

kirjoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

kirjoja (Finnish): embroiderer

Definitions

  1. embroiderer

Ancestry of “kirjoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkirjoaTo embroider
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →