Where does “perustaja” come from?

perustaja (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.

perustaja (Finnish): founder

Definitions

  1. founder

Ancestry of “perustaja”, step by step

perustaja 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 perustaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperustaato establish, found, set up, institute; to base;...
2Finnishperusfoundation; usual, normal, basic
3Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
4Proto-Finno-Ugricperä—
5Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something

Words derived from “perustaja”

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