Where does “ohjelmajohtaja” come from?

ohjelmajohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish johtaja, 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.

ohjelmajohtaja (Finnish): program director

Definitions

  1. program director

Ancestry of “ohjelmajohtaja”, step by step

ohjelmajohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish johtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohtajaleader, commander; manager, director, executive
2Finnishice
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 ohjelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjelmaprogram, programme; software, program; show
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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