Where does “perustajajäsen” come from?

perustajajäsen (Finnish) comes from Finnish perustaja, 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.

perustajajäsen (Finnish): founding member, founder member

Definitions

  1. founding member, founder member

Ancestry of “perustajajäsen”, step by step

perustajajäsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perustaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperustajafounder
2Finnishjäice
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 jäsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäsenlimb, member; member; Synonym of termi
2Proto-Finno-Permicjäsene—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →