Where does “veronkantaja” come from?

veronkantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantaja, from Finnish kantaa, from Proto-Finnic kantadak, from Proto-Uralic kanta-, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

veronkantaja (Finnish): tax collector person or entity responsible for collecting taxes

Definitions

  1. tax collector person or entity responsible for collecting taxes

Ancestry of “veronkantaja”, step by step

veronkantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kantaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkantajaA bearer, carrier; A bellhop, porter, skycap; A...
2Finnishkantaato carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Uralic kanta-Every word from Proto-Finnic kantadak
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