Where does “palkanmaksaja” come from?

palkanmaksaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksaja, 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.

palkanmaksaja (Finnish): paymaster, person who pays a salary

Definitions

  1. paymaster, person who pays a salary

Ancestry of “palkanmaksaja”, step by step

palkanmaksaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksajapayer; drawee
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 palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →