Where does “taajama” come from?

taajama (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

taajama (Finnish): populated community, population centre,...

Definitions

  1. populated community, population centre,...

Ancestry of “taajama”, step by step

taajama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish taaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
2Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick

Words derived from “taajama”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →