Where does “maksaja” come from?

maksaja (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.

maksaja (Finnish): payer; drawee

Definitions

  1. payer; drawee

Ancestry of “maksaja”, step by step

maksaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
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 maksaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
2Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
3Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-—

Words derived from “maksaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →