Where does “pääkäyttäjä” come from?

pääkäyttäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyttäjä, 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.

pääkäyttäjä (Finnish): main user, primary user; root user, root,...

Definitions

  1. main user, primary user; root user, root,...

Ancestry of “pääkäyttäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyttäjäuser
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →