Where does “pienmetsänomistaja” come from?

pienmetsänomistaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish omistaja, 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.

pienmetsänomistaja (Finnish): small forest owner

Definitions

  1. small forest owner

Ancestry of “pienmetsänomistaja”, step by step

pienmetsänomistaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish omistaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomistajaowner
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 pienmetsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienmetsäsmall forest, woods
2Finnishpien-small, micro-
3Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
4Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →