Where does “pääpuhuja” come from?

pääpuhuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhuja, 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.

pääpuhuja (Finnish): keynote speaker, keynoter, main speaker

Definitions

  1. keynote speaker, keynoter, main speaker

Ancestry of “pääpuhuja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhujaorator, speaker
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 →