Where does “virranjakaja” come from?

virranjakaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakaja, from Finnish jakaa, from Proto-Finnic jakadak, from Proto-Uralic jëka- — divide.

virranjakaja (Finnish): A distributor

Definitions

  1. A distributor

Ancestry of “virranjakaja”, step by step

virranjakaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakajadeliveryman; distributor; divisor
2Finnishjakaato share; to distribute; to divide; to mete out,...
3Proto-Finnicjakadakto share, to distribute
4Proto-Uralicjëka-divide

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jakadak →Every word from Finnish jakaa →