Where does “harventaja” come from?

harventaja (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.

harventaja (Finnish): thinner

Definitions

  1. thinner

Ancestry of “harventaja”, step by step

harventaja 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 harventaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharventaato thin out; to thin; to rarefy
2Finnishharvainfrequent, sparse; thin; loose
3Proto-Finnicharvasparse
4Proto-Finno-Ugricšorwa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →