Where does “junanlähettäjä” come from?

junanlähettäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähettäjä, 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.

junanlähettäjä (Finnish): train dispatcher US, signalman UK

Definitions

  1. train dispatcher US, signalman UK

Ancestry of “junanlähettäjä”, step by step

junanlähettäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lähettäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähettäjäsender
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 juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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