Where does “puutuja” come from?

puutuja (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.

puutuja (Estonian): tangent

Definitions

  1. tangent

Ancestry of “puutuja”, step by step

puutuja 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 puutuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpuutumato touch
2Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →