Where does “kotipitäjä” come from?

kotipitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotipitäjä (Finnish): one's rural municipality of origin

Definitions

  1. one's rural municipality of origin

Ancestry of “kotipitäjä”, step by step

kotipitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish pitäjä

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