Where does “avaruuslentäjä” come from?

avaruuslentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentäjä, 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.

avaruuslentäjä (Finnish): A member of the crew of a spaceship; an astronaut...

Definitions

  1. A member of the crew of a spaceship; an astronaut...

Ancestry of “avaruuslentäjä”, step by step

avaruuslentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentäjäpilot, aviator, airman; flyer
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

via Finnish avaruus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavaruusspace; spaciousness; expanse
2Finnishavaraspacious, roomy
3Proto-Finnicavaraample, spacious
4Proto-Finnic-raForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →