Where does “ratkoja” come from?

ratkoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ratkoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

ratkoja (Finnish): solver one who solves

Definitions

  1. solver one who solves

Ancestry of “ratkoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishratkoato rip, unpick a seam
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →