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Where does “ammattivalokuvaaja” come from?

ammattivalokuvaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valokuvaaja, from Finnish kuvaaja, 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.

ammattivalokuvaaja (Finnish): professional photographer

Definitions

  1. professional photographer

Ancestry of “ammattivalokuvaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalokuvaajaphotographer
2Finnishkuvaajaphotographer; cinematographer, cameraman; graph,...
3Finnishjäice
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →