Where does “kätkijä” come from?

kätkijä (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.

kätkijä (Finnish): concealer; agent noun of kätkeä

Definitions

  1. concealer; agent noun of kätkeä

Ancestry of “kätkijä”, step by step

kätkijä 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 kätkeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätkeäto hide, conceal; to stash; to bury
2Proto-Finnickätkedäkto hide, to conceal
3Finnishkätke-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →