Where does “kasvaja” come from?

kasvaja (Estonian) comes 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.

kasvaja (Estonian): tumor

Definitions

  1. tumor

Ancestry of “kasvaja”, step by step

kasvaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ja

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

via Estonian kasvama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankasvamato grow
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

Words derived from “kasvaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →