Where does “karjanajaja” come from?
karjanajaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajaja, from Estonian ja, 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.
karjanajaja (Finnish): cattle driver one who drives cattle
Definitions
- cattle driver one who drives cattle
Ancestry of “karjanajaja”, step by step
karjanajaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ajaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajaja | a driver; a rider |
| 2 | Estonian | ja | and |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish karja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karja | cattle domesticated bovine animals sometimes with a specifier |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |