Where does “maassamuuttaja” come from?

maassamuuttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuttaja, 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.

maassamuuttaja (Finnish): internal migrant, domestic migrant

Definitions

  1. internal migrant, domestic migrant

Ancestry of “maassamuuttaja”, step by step

maassamuuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttajamover; transformer
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 mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →