Where does “pelastaja” come from?

pelastaja (Finnish) comes 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.

pelastaja (Finnish): savior; firefighter

Definitions

  1. savior; firefighter

Ancestry of “pelastaja”, step by step

pelastaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pelastaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelastaato save, rescue
2Finnish-taaForms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and...
3Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “pelastaja”

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