Where does “nauttija” come from?
nauttija (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauttia, from Proto-Germanic nautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
nauttija (Finnish): enjoyer
Ancestry of “nauttija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nauttia | To enjoy; To enjoy a legal right; To ingest,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nautijaną | to cause to use; to employ |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |