Where does “pitäjänpuku” come from?

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

pitäjänpuku (Finnish): folk costume or dress from a specific rural municipality

Definitions

  1. folk costume or dress from a specific rural municipality

Ancestry of “pitäjänpuku”, step by step

pitäjänpuku 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 puku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpukusuit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers
2Zulumpuku—
3Proto-Bantu*pʊ́kʊ̀rat, mouse
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish pitäjä →