Where does “palkinnonsaaja” come from?

palkinnonsaaja (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.

palkinnonsaaja (Finnish): prizewinner

Definitions

  1. prizewinner

Ancestry of “palkinnonsaaja”, step by step

palkinnonsaaja 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 palkinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkintoprize, award
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →