Where does “lainanantaja” come from?

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

lainanantaja (Finnish): lender

Definitions

  1. lender

Ancestry of “lainanantaja”, step by step

lainanantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish antaja

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

via Finnish Laina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLainaloan
2Proto-Finniclaihnaloan
3Proto-Germaniclaihnąthat which is lent, loan; fief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish antaja →