Where does “haaskaaja” come from?

haaskaaja (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.

haaskaaja (Finnish): waster

Definitions

  1. waster

Ancestry of “haaskaaja”, step by step

haaskaaja 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 haaskata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaaskatato waste
2Finnishhaaskathe carcass of an animal; carcass used as bait...
3Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
4Proto-Germanicsājan-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →