Where does “velkaorja” come from?

velkaorja (Finnish) comes from Finnish orja, from Proto-Finnic orja, from Proto-Finno-Permic orja.

velkaorja (Finnish): indentured servant; debt slave

Definitions

  1. indentured servant; debt slave

Ancestry of “velkaorja”, step by step

velkaorja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish orja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorjaslave
2Proto-Finnicorjaslave; servant
3Proto-Finno-Permicorja—

via Finnish velka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelkadebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic orja →Every word from Proto-Finnic orja →Every word from Finnish orja →