Where does “palvelijatar” come from?

palvelijatar (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvelija, 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.

palvelijatar (Finnish): maidservant, maid

Definitions

  1. maidservant, maid

Ancestry of “palvelijatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvelijaservant
2Finnishice
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 -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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