Where does “kajag” come from?

kajag (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic kajaga, from Proto-Uralic kaja — gull.

kajag (Veps): seagull

Definitions

  1. seagull

Ancestry of “kajag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickajagagull
2Proto-Uralickajagull
Every word from Proto-Uralic kaja →Every word from Proto-Finnic kajaga →