Where does “cikertäjä” come from?

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

cikertäjä (Ingrian): chirper

Definitions

  1. chirper

Ancestry of “cikertäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrian-jaUsed to form agent nouns from verbs: -er
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-ja—
3Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Ingrian -ja →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ja →