Where does “kiristäjä” come from?

kiristäjä (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.

kiristäjä (Finnish): Actor noun of the verb kiristää

Definitions

  1. Actor noun of the verb kiristää

Ancestry of “kiristäjä”, step by step

kiristäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
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 kiristää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
2Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
3Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
4Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—

Words derived from “kiristäjä”

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