Where does “pääjohtaja” come from?

pääjohtaja (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.

pääjohtaja (Finnish): general director, chief executive officer;...

Definitions

  1. general director, chief executive officer;...

Ancestry of “pääjohtaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohtajaleader, commander; manager, director, executive
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

Words derived from “pääjohtaja”

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