Where does “kalastaja” come from?

kalastaja (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.

kalastaja (Finnish): fisher, fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisher, fisherman

Ancestry of “kalastaja”, step by step

kalastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 kalastaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkalastaaTo fish
2Ingriankalafish
3Proto-Finnickalafish
4Proto-Uralickäläfish

Words derived from “kalastaja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw