Where does “ketjuruoppaaja” come from?

ketjuruoppaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoppaaja, 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.

ketjuruoppaaja (Finnish): bucket-chain dredger

Definitions

  1. bucket-chain dredger

Ancestry of “ketjuruoppaaja”, step by step

ketjuruoppaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoppaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishruoppaajaA dredger
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →