Where does “ostai” come from?

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

ostai (Veps): buyer, customer, client

Definitions

  1. buyer, customer, client

Ancestry of “ostai”, 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 →