Where does “runonlaulaja” come from?

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

runonlaulaja (Finnish): rune singer, singer of runes traditional Finnic folk poetry

Definitions

  1. rune singer, singer of runes traditional Finnic folk poetry

Ancestry of “runonlaulaja”, step by step

runonlaulaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laulaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaulajasinger
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish runo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunopoem; poetry; rune
2Proto-Norseᚱᚢᚾᛟsecret, mystery; rune
3Proto-Germanicrūnōsecret, mystery; rune
4Proto-Celticrūnāsecret, mystery
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish laulaja →
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