Where does “alavälittäjä” come from?
alavälittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish välittäjä, 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.
alavälittäjä (Finnish): lower lamm of a loom
Definitions
- lower lamm of a loom
Ancestry of “alavälittäjä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välittäjä | middleman, dealer, broker; mediator, arbiter;... |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |