Where does “müüja” come from?

müüja (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.

müüja (Estonian): seller, vendor

Definitions

  1. seller, vendor

Ancestry of “müüja”, step by step

müüja 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 müüma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmüümato sell; to betray for money
2Proto-Finnic*müüdäk—
3Proto-Uralicmixe-give
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →