Where does “peräänajaja” come from?

peräänajaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajaja, from Estonian ja, 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.

peräänajaja (Finnish): one who rear-ended

Definitions

  1. one who rear-ended

Ancestry of “peräänajaja”, step by step

peräänajaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ajaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajajaa driver; a rider
2Estonianjaand
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 perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →