Where does “heittäjä” come from?

heittäjä (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.

heittäjä (Finnish): thrower

Definitions

  1. thrower

Ancestry of “heittäjä”, step by step

heittäjä 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 heittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheittääto throw, cast, hurl, toss
2Proto-Finnicheittädäkto throw
3Proto-Finnicšej-—
4Proto-Germanicsēja-/sēje—

Words derived from “heittäjä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →