Where does “madonkantaja” come from?

madonkantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantaja, from Finnish kantaa, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

madonkantaja (Finnish): host for a parasitic worm, e.g. a human for a tapeworm

Definitions

  1. host for a parasitic worm, e.g. a human for a tapeworm

Ancestry of “madonkantaja”, step by step

madonkantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kantaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkantajaA bearer, carrier; A bellhop, porter, skycap; A...
2Finnishkantaato carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta-Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak