Where does “piirisyyttäjä” come from?

piirisyyttäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyttäjä, 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.

piirisyyttäjä (Finnish): district attorney, district prosecutor

Definitions

  1. district attorney, district prosecutor

Ancestry of “piirisyyttäjä”, step by step

piirisyyttäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syyttäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyttäjäprosecutor
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 piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →