Where does “nitoja” come from?

nitoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish nitoa, from Proto-Finnic nitodak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ńiδa-.

nitoja (Finnish): stapler

Definitions

  1. stapler

Ancestry of “nitoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnitoato staple
2Proto-Finnicnitodakto bind, to tie, to fasten
3Proto-Finno-Permicńiδa-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ńiδa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic nitodak →Every word from Finnish nitoa →