Where does “pätai” come from?

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

pätai (Veps): leader, decider, the person who makes the decisions

Definitions

  1. leader, decider, the person who makes the decisions

Ancestry of “pätai”, 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 →