Where does “piirtäjä” come from?

piirtäjä (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.

piirtäjä (Finnish): drawer; draughtsman, draftsman

Definitions

  1. drawer; draughtsman, draftsman

Ancestry of “piirtäjä”, step by step

piirtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
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 piirtää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
2Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
3Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
4Proto-Uralicpirecircle

Words derived from “piirtäjä

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw