Where does “nimenkirjoittaja” come from?

nimenkirjoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjoittaja, 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.

nimenkirjoittaja (Finnish): authorized signatory person with the authority to sign something on behalf on an entity, e.g. an association

Definitions

  1. authorized signatory person with the authority to sign something on behalf on an entity, e.g. an association

Ancestry of “nimenkirjoittaja”, step by step

nimenkirjoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjoittaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjoittajawriter
2Finnishjäice
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 nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →