Where does “naiseläjä” come from?

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

naiseläjä (Finnish): female, woman

Definitions

  1. female, woman

Ancestry of “naiseläjä”, step by step

naiseläjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eläjä

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

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish eläjä →