Where does “talteenottaja” come from?

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

talteenottaja (Finnish): depositary one who receives a deposit in trust

Definitions

  1. depositary one who receives a deposit in trust

Ancestry of “talteenottaja”, step by step

talteenottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishottajaA taker, one who takes
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish talteen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalteensafe, secure
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish ottaja →