Where does “puukkopaja” come from?

puukkopaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish paja, from Proto-Finnic paja, from Proto-Germanic pago-, from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.

puukkopaja (Finnish): a workshop or smithy that makes puukko

Definitions

  1. a workshop or smithy that makes puukko

Ancestry of “puukkopaja”, step by step

puukkopaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—

via Finnish puukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukkohunting knife, puukko
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Yoruba a- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ago- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pago- →