Where does “herätyssaarnaaja” come from?

herätyssaarnaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarnaaja, 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.

herätyssaarnaaja (Finnish): evangelist, revivalist

Definitions

  1. evangelist, revivalist

Ancestry of “herätyssaarnaaja”, step by step

herätyssaarnaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saarnaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaarnaajapreacher
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 herätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherätyswake-up, awakening; revival, awakening; reveille
2Finnishherättääto wake up, awake(n)
3Finnishherätäto awake, to wake up, to awaken; to arise, to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →