Where does “muuntaja” come from?

muuntaja (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.

muuntaja (Finnish): transformer; charger, adapter

Definitions

  1. transformer; charger, adapter

Ancestry of “muuntaja”, step by step

muuntaja 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 muuntaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuntaato convert, transform; Third-person singular...
2Finnishmuuother, another; the others; else
3Proto-Finnicmuuother, another; different
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmu—

Words derived from “muuntaja”

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