Where does “laitossiivooja” come from?

laitossiivooja (Finnish) comes from Finnish siivooja, 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.

laitossiivooja (Finnish): cleaner working in an institutional or industrial setting

Definitions

  1. cleaner working in an institutional or industrial setting

Ancestry of “laitossiivooja”, step by step

laitossiivooja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siivooja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiivoojacleaner, janitor; char, charlady, cleaning lady
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 laitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitosinstitution; faculty; facility
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →