Where does “perinnönsaaja” come from?
perinnönsaaja (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.
perinnönsaaja (Finnish): heir, inheritor
Definitions
- heir, inheritor
Ancestry of “perinnönsaaja”, step by step
perinnönsaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish saaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saaja | receiver; payee |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish perintö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perintö | heritage; inheritance; legacy |
| 2 | Finnish | periä | to inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |