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Where does “jahka” come from?

jahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

jahka (Finnish): once, when, as soon as; used to refer to an...

Definitions

  1. once, when, as soon as; used to refer to an...

Ancestry of “jahka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaand; AND
2Proto-Finnicja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “jahka”

  • jahkailla
  • jahkata
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