Where does “opinto-ohjaaja” come from?

opinto-ohjaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjaaja, 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.

opinto-ohjaaja (Finnish): student advisor, student counsellor

Definitions

  1. student advisor, student counsellor

Ancestry of “opinto-ohjaaja”, step by step

opinto-ohjaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjaajadirector; driver, pilot; tutor, mentor,...
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 opinnot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopinnotstudies
2Finnish-ntö
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw