Where does “tangolaulaja” come from?

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

tangolaulaja (Finnish): tango singer

Definitions

  1. tango singer

Ancestry of “tangolaulaja”, step by step

tangolaulaja 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 tango

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtangotango
2Spanishtangotango; a style of music associated with the tango...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish laulaja →