Where does “tarttuja” come from?

tarttuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarttua, from Proto-Finnic tarttudak — to stick, adhere.

tarttuja (Finnish): grappler, grasper, gripper

Definitions

  1. grappler, grasper, gripper

Ancestry of “tarttuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarttuato catch, grab, seize; to be transmitted; to be...
2Proto-Finnictarttudakto stick, adhere
Every word from Proto-Finnic tarttudak →Every word from Finnish tarttua →