Where does “korkeusvakaaja” come from?

korkeusvakaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakaaja, 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.

Ancestry of “korkeusvakaaja”, step by step

korkeusvakaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vakaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakaajastabilizer; gimbal
2Finnishice
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 korkeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeusheight; altitude
2Proto-Finnickorkeducheight; altitude
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe
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