Where does “opendai” come from?

opendai (Veps) comes from Veps -i, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

opendai (Veps): teacher, instructor; tutor, mentor

Definitions

  1. teacher, instructor; tutor, mentor

Ancestry of “opendai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Veps-i-er; forms agent nouns from verbs; -ing; forms...
2Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Veps -i →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ja →