Where does “lasteaiakasvataja” come from?

lasteaiakasvataja (Estonian) comes from Estonian kasvataja, 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.

lasteaiakasvataja (Estonian): kindergarten teacher

Definitions

  1. kindergarten teacher

Ancestry of “lasteaiakasvataja”, step by step

lasteaiakasvataja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kasvataja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankasvatajagrower (of plants and animals, usually in compounds)
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 lasteaed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlasteaedkindergarten, playschool, nursery school
2Estonianlapschild; someone's child
3Proto-Finniclapcichild
4Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw