Where does “nalja” come from?

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

nalja (Finnish): jest, joke, banter

Definitions

  1. jest, joke, banter

Ancestry of “nalja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnaljajoke
2Proto-Finno-Permicnalja—

Words derived from “nalja”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja →Every word from Proto-Finnic nalja →