Where does “Jaaja” come from?

Jaaja (Greenlandic) comes from Danish Jairus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος, from Hebrew יָאִיר.

Ancestry of “Jaaja”, step by step

Jaaja traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish Jairus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishJairus—
2LatinIaīrusJair
3Ancient GreekἸάϊροςJairus
4Hebrewיָאִיר—

via Middle Low German jeger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjeger—
2Middle Low Germanjāgento hunt, to chase
3Old Saxonjagōnto hunt
4Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

via Finnish jäädä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäädäto stay, remain; to get off in the sense of...
2Proto-Finnicjäädäkto stay, to remain

Words derived from “Jaaja”

Every word from Hebrew יָאִיר →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος →Every word from Latin Iaīrus →