Where does “pajavasara” come from?
pajavasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish paja, from Proto-Finnic paja, from Proto-Germanic pago-, from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.
pajavasara (Finnish): forge-hammer
Ancestry of “pajavasara”, step by step
pajavasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paja | smithy, forge; workshop; workplace |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | paja | smithy, forge |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | pago- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | ago- | — |
| 5 | Yoruba | a- | — |
via Finnish vasara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vasara | hammer; malleus, hammer |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |