Where does “äänestäjä” come from?

äänestäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, 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.

äänestäjä (Finnish): voter; constituent

Definitions

  1. voter; constituent

Ancestry of “äänestäjä”, step by step

äänestäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
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 Finnish äänestää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänestääto vote; third-person singular present indicative...
2Finnishääne-—
3Proto-Samiceanēmother

Words derived from “äänestäjä”

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