Where does “muuttaja” come from?

muuttaja (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.

muuttaja (Finnish): mover; transformer

Definitions

  1. mover; transformer

Ancestry of “muuttaja”, step by step

muuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 muuttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttaato modify, change, alter; to transform,...
2Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella

Words derived from “muuttaja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw