Where does “lainanottaja” come from?
lainanottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ottaja, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.
lainanottaja (Finnish): borrower
Ancestry of “lainanottaja”, step by step
lainanottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ottaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ottaja | A taker, one who takes |
| 2 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | Forms the present participle |
via Finnish Laina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Laina | loan |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | laihna | loan |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | laihną | that which is lent, loan; fief |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |