Where does “palkansaaja” come from?

palkansaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish saaja, 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.

palkansaaja (Finnish): wage earner; employee

Definitions

  1. wage earner; employee

Ancestry of “palkansaaja”, step by step

palkansaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaajareceiver; payee
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

Words derived from “palkansaaja”

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