Where does “kehittäjä” come from?

kehittäjä (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.

kehittäjä (Finnish): developer

Definitions

  1. developer

Ancestry of “kehittäjä”, step by step

kehittäjä 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 kehittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
2Finnishkehitä
3Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
4Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

Words derived from “kehittäjä

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