Where does “äänestäjäkunta” come from?

äänestäjäkunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish äänestäjä, 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.

äänestäjäkunta (Finnish): electorate

Definitions

  1. electorate

Ancestry of “äänestäjäkunta”, step by step

äänestäjäkunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish äänestäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäänestäjävoter; constituent
2Finnishjäice
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 Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →