Where does “puhdistaja” come from?

puhdistaja (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.

puhdistaja (Finnish): cleaner

Definitions

  1. cleaner

Ancestry of “puhdistaja”, step by step

puhdistaja 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 puhdistaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdistaato clean (up), clear (up), cleanse, purge, scour
2Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
3Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puhdistaja”

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