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Where does “orja” come from?

orja (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic orja, from Proto-Finno-Permic orja.

orja (Ingrian): slave

Definitions

  1. slave

Ancestry of “orja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicorjaslave; servant
2Proto-Finno-Permicorja—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic orja →