Where does “työnantaja” come from?

työnantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish antaja, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

työnantaja (Finnish): employer

Definitions

  1. employer

Ancestry of “työnantaja”, step by step

työnantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish antaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishantajagiver
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou

Words derived from “työnantaja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish antaja →