Where does “torjuja” come from?

torjuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish torjua, from Proto-Finnic torjudak — to fend off, to repulse, to drive away.

torjuja (Finnish): one who repels an attack, wards off, fends off, defends (from)

Definitions

  1. one who repels an attack, wards off, fends off, defends (from)

Ancestry of “torjuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuato defend successfully, ward off an attack,...
2Proto-Finnictorjudakto fend off, to repulse, to drive away

Words derived from “torjuja”

Every word from Proto-Finnic torjudak →Every word from Finnish torjua →