Where does “lempilaulaja” come from?

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

lempilaulaja (Finnish): favourite singer

Definitions

  1. favourite singer

Ancestry of “lempilaulaja”, step by step

lempilaulaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulaja

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

via Finnish Lempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →