Where does “asettelija” come from?

asettelija (Finnish) comes 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.

asettelija (Finnish): setter

Definitions

  1. setter

Ancestry of “asettelija”, step by step

asettelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish asetella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasetellaTo set
2Finnishasettaato put, place, set, position, locate; to set up,...
3Proto-Finnicasettadakto put, to place, to set
4Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →