Where does “nurkkaaja” come from?

nurkkaaja (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.

nurkkaaja (Finnish): agent noun of nurkata: one who corners

Definitions

  1. agent noun of nurkata: one who corners

Ancestry of “nurkkaaja”, step by step

nurkkaaja 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 nurkata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurkatato corner, corner the market
2Finnishtäwhat
3FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →