Where does “ajokaluseppä” come from?

ajokaluseppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajokalu, from Finnish ajo, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ajokaluseppä (Finnish): a smith that furnished wooden horse carts with metal

Definitions

  1. a smith that furnished wooden horse carts with metal

Ancestry of “ajokaluseppä”, step by step

ajokaluseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ajokalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajokalu
2Finnishajodriving; riding; chase
3Finnishajaato drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in...
4Proto-Finnicajadakto go in a vehicle, to drive
5Proto-Uralicaja-to drive; to hunt, chase
6Proto-Indo-IranianHáȷ́atito drive, lead
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati