Where does “-ja” come from?

-ja (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

-ja (Ingrian): Used to form agent nouns from verbs: -er

Definitions

  1. Used to form agent nouns from verbs: -er

Ancestry of “-ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugric*-ja—
2Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

Words derived from “-ja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ja →