Where does “elokuvaohjaaja” come from?

elokuvaohjaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjaaja, 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.

elokuvaohjaaja (Finnish): film director

Definitions

  1. film director

Ancestry of “elokuvaohjaaja”, step by step

elokuvaohjaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjaajadirector; driver, pilot; tutor, mentor,...
2Finnishice
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 elokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelokuvamovie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw