Where does “nuotta-apaja” come from?

nuotta-apaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish apaja, from Proto-Finnic apaja, from Proto-Germanic abjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

nuotta-apaja (Finnish): fishing waters for fishing with a seine

Definitions

  1. fishing waters for fishing with a seine

Ancestry of “nuotta-apaja”, step by step

nuotta-apaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish apaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishapajaA fishing water; often used in plural
2Proto-Finnicapajasmall bay; fishing ground
3Proto-Germanicabjǭebb
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

via Finnish nuotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuottaseine
2Proto-Finnicnoottaseine
3Proto-Germanicnōtōnet, seine
4Proto-Indo-Europeannōd-knot, net; knot; net
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Proto-Germanic abjǭ →Every word from Proto-Finnic apaja →