Where does “jäljentäjä” come from?

jäljentäjä (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.

jäljentäjä (Finnish): copier one who copies

Definitions

  1. copier one who copies

Ancestry of “jäljentäjä”, step by step

jäljentäjä 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 jäljentää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäljentääto copy; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishjälkitrace; track; aftermath
3Proto-Finnicjälkitrace, mark; track, trail
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →