Where does “kevytyrittäjä” come from?

kevytyrittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrittäjä, 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.

kevytyrittäjä (Finnish): light entrepreneur

Definitions

  1. light entrepreneur

Ancestry of “kevytyrittäjä”, step by step

kevytyrittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrittäjäentrepreneur
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 kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

Words derived from “kevytyrittäjä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →