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Where does “lähetyssaarnaaja” come from?

lähetyssaarnaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish saarnaaja, 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.

lähetyssaarnaaja (Finnish): missionary

Definitions

  1. missionary

Ancestry of “lähetyssaarnaaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaarnaajapreacher
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

Words derived from “lähetyssaarnaaja”

  • lähetyssaarnaaja-asento
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