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Where does “apuhoitaja” come from?

apuhoitaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoitaja, 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.

apuhoitaja (Finnish): assistant nurse

Definitions

  1. assistant nurse

Ancestry of “apuhoitaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoitajacaretaker; carer, care-giver; nurse
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
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