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Where does “ottaja” come from?

ottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja.

ottaja (Finnish): A taker, one who takes

Definitions

  1. A taker, one who takes

Ancestry of “ottaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ja-er
2Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-ja—

Words derived from “ottaja”

  • franchising-ottaja
  • lainanottaja
  • ajanottaja
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →