Where does “palkannauttija” come from?
palkannauttija (Finnish) comes from Finnish nauttija, from Finnish nauttia, from Proto-Germanic nautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “palkannauttija”, step by step
palkannauttija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nauttija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nauttija | enjoyer |
| 2 | Finnish | nauttia | To enjoy; To enjoy a legal right; To ingest,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nautijaną | to cause to use; to employ |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |