Where does “ajukasvaja” come from?

ajukasvaja (Estonian) comes from Estonian kasvaja, from Estonian ja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ajukasvaja (Estonian): a brain tumour

Definitions

  1. a brain tumour

Ancestry of “ajukasvaja”, step by step

ajukasvaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kasvaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankasvajatumor
2Estonianjaand
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Estonian aju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianajubrain
2Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →