Where does “kuvaaja” come from?

kuvaaja (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.

kuvaaja (Finnish): photographer; cinematographer, cameraman; graph,...

Definitions

  1. photographer; cinematographer, cameraman; graph,...

Ancestry of “kuvaaja”, step by step

kuvaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 kuvata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuvatato picture, portray, represent; to describe,...
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “kuvaaja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw