Where does “kähertäjä” come from?

kähertäjä (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.

kähertäjä (Finnish): waver, frizzer someone who specializes in waving or frizzing (hair)

Definitions

  1. waver, frizzer someone who specializes in waving or frizzing (hair)

Ancestry of “kähertäjä”, step by step

kähertäjä 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 kähertää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähertääto wave; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnish-ertääFront vowel variant of -ertaa
3Finnish-tääFront vowel variant of -taa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →