Where does “pitäjänmakasiini” come from?

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

pitäjänmakasiini (Finnish): parish granary

Definitions

  1. parish granary

Ancestry of “pitäjänmakasiini”, step by step

pitäjänmakasiini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäjärural municipality; holder; keeper
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish makasiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakasiinistoreroom, warehouse
2Swedishmagasin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jaEvery word from Finnish -jaEvery word from Finnish pitäjä