Where does “mielenterveyshoitaja” come from?

mielenterveyshoitaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoitaja, 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.

mielenterveyshoitaja (Finnish): psychiatric-mental health nurse

Definitions

  1. psychiatric-mental health nurse

Ancestry of “mielenterveyshoitaja”, step by step

mielenterveyshoitaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hoitaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoitajacaretaker; carer, care-giver; nurse
2Finnishice
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 mielenterveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmielenterveysmental health
2Finnishterveyshealth
3Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
4Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
5Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe