Where does “teroittaja” come from?

teroittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish teroittaa, from Finnish terä, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.

teroittaja (Finnish): sharpener one who sharpens

Definitions

  1. sharpener one who sharpens

Ancestry of “teroittaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteroittaato sharpen
2Finnishteräblade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot
3Proto-Finnicteräblade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn
4Proto-Finno-Permicteräedge

Words derived from “teroittaja”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic terä →Every word from Proto-Finnic terä →Every word from Finnish terä →