Where does “pitäjä” come from?

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

pitäjä (Finnish): rural municipality; holder; keeper

Definitions

  1. rural municipality; holder; keeper

Ancestry of “pitäjä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pitäjä

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