Where does “muulinajaja” come from?

muulinajaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajaja, from Estonian ja, 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.

muulinajaja (Finnish): muleteer

Definitions

  1. muleteer

Ancestry of “muulinajaja”, step by step

muulinajaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ajaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajajaa driver; a rider
2Estonianjaand
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 muuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuulimule
2Latinmūlusa mule (pack animal)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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