Where does “ammattiajaja” come from?

ammattiajaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammatti, from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ammattiajaja (Finnish): professional driver

Definitions

  1. professional driver

Ancestry of “ammattiajaja”, step by step

ammattiajaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammattiprofession, vocation, occupation; professional,...
2Middle Low Germanambacht—
3Old Saxonambahtservice
4Proto-Germanicambahtazservant
5Gaulishambaxtosvassal, high-ranking servant
6Proto-Celticambaxtosservant
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Finnish ajaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajajaa driver; a rider
2Estonianjaand
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos →Every word from Gaulish ambaxtos →