Where does “vaimentaja” come from?

vaimentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaimentaa, from Finnish vaimea, from Proto-Uralic wajŋe — breath.

vaimentaja (Finnish): muffler, suppressor one who or which muffles or suppresses e.g. a sound or vibration

Definitions

  1. muffler, suppressor one who or which muffles or suppresses e.g. a sound or vibration

Ancestry of “vaimentaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvaimentaaTo muffle; To stifle; To damp, suppress
2Finnishvaimeamuffled, subdued; uninterested, tepid
3Proto-Uralicwajŋebreath

Words derived from “vaimentaja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic wajŋe →Every word from Finnish vaimea →Every word from Finnish vaimentaa →