Where does “noutaja” come from?

noutaja (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.

noutaja (Finnish): retriever; the Grim Reaper

Definitions

  1. retriever; the Grim Reaper

Ancestry of “noutaja”, step by step

noutaja 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 noutaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnoutaato fetch, retrieve; to check out
2Proto-Finnicnoutadakto trace, track
3Proto-Uralicńoxe-to pursue

Words derived from “noutaja”

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