Where does “nauraja” come from?

nauraja (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.

nauraja (Finnish): laugher; kookaburra

Definitions

  1. laugher; kookaburra

Ancestry of “nauraja”, step by step

nauraja 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 nauraa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnauraaTo laugh; To laugh off
2Proto-Finnicnakradakto laugh

Words derived from “nauraja”

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