Where does “tekstaaja” come from?

tekstaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekstata, from Finnish teksti, from Esperanto teksto, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tekstaaja (Finnish): texter

Definitions

  1. texter

Ancestry of “tekstaaja”, step by step

tekstaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tekstata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtekstataTo text message; To write non-cursive letters...
2Finnishtekstitext; copy
3Esperantotekstotext; lyrics
4Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus
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