Where does “lehdenjakaja” come from?

lehdenjakaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakaja, from Finnish jakaa, from Proto-Finnic jakadak, from Proto-Uralic jëka- — divide.

lehdenjakaja (Finnish): A paperboy

Definitions

  1. A paperboy

Ancestry of “lehdenjakaja”, step by step

lehdenjakaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakajadeliveryman; distributor; divisor
2Finnishjakaato share; to distribute; to divide; to mete out,...
3Proto-Finnicjakadakto share, to distribute
4Proto-Uralicjëka-divide

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jakadak →Every word from Finnish jakaa →
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