Where does “koneyrittäjä” come from?

koneyrittäjä (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.

koneyrittäjä (Finnish): an entrepreneur in the field of contracting machines and work for earth moving, forestry, etc

Definitions

  1. an entrepreneur in the field of contracting machines and work for earth moving, forestry, etc

Ancestry of “koneyrittäjä”, step by step

koneyrittäjä 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →