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Where does “kuulijakunta” come from?

kuulijakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulija, 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.

kuulijakunta (Finnish): listenership, audience

Definitions

  1. listenership, audience

Ancestry of “kuulijakunta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuulijaOne who hears; a hearer; A listener
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
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