Where does “orjanomistaja” come from?

orjanomistaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish omistaja, 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.

orjanomistaja (Finnish): slaveowner, slaveholder

Definitions

  1. slaveowner, slaveholder

Ancestry of “orjanomistaja”, step by step

orjanomistaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish omistaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomistajaowner
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 orja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorjaslave
2Proto-Finnicorjaslave; servant
3Proto-Finno-Permicorja—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →