Where does “ottaja” come from?

ottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

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-jaForms the present participle

Words derived from “ottaja

Every word from Proto-Uralic -jaEvery word from Finnish -jaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ja