Where does “matkustajasilta” come from?

matkustajasilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish matkustaja, 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.

matkustajasilta (Finnish): passenger loading bridge, jet bridge

Definitions

  1. passenger loading bridge, jet bridge

Ancestry of “matkustajasilta”, step by step

matkustajasilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matkustaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkustajapassenger; traveller; occupant
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 siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →