Where does “savipaja” come from?

savipaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

savipaja (Finnish): pottery workshop where pottery is made

Definitions

  1. pottery workshop where pottery is made

Ancestry of “savipaja”, step by step

savipaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →