Where does “näljätä” come from?

näljätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nalja, from Proto-Finnic nalja, from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja.

näljätä (Finnish): to make slimy, cover in slime

Definitions

  1. to make slimy, cover in slime

Ancestry of “näljätä”, step by step

näljätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaljajest, joke, banter
2Proto-Finnicnaljajoke
3Proto-Finno-Permicnalja—

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja →Every word from Proto-Finnic nalja →Every word from Finnish nalja →