Where does “murtaja” come from?

murtaja (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.

murtaja (Finnish): breaker; cracker; Short for jäänmurtaja

Definitions

  1. breaker; cracker; Short for jäänmurtaja

Ancestry of “murtaja”, step by step

murtaja 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 murtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
2Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
3Proto-Uralicmura-break

Words derived from “murtaja”

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