Where does “tilanjakaja” come from?

tilanjakaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

tilanjakaja (Finnish): room divider; partition, screen

Definitions

  1. room divider; partition, screen

Ancestry of “tilanjakaja”, step by step

tilanjakaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish jakaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakajadeliveryman; distributor; divisor
2Finnishjakaato share; to distribute; to divide; to mete out,...
3Proto-Finnicjakadakto share, to distribute
4Proto-Uralicjëka-divide
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →