Where does “jalkahoitaja” come from?

jalkahoitaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoitaja, 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.

jalkahoitaja (Finnish): podiatrist, chiropodist

Definitions

  1. podiatrist, chiropodist

Ancestry of “jalkahoitaja”, step by step

jalkahoitaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hoitaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoitajacaretaker; carer, care-giver; nurse
2Finnishice
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 jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw