Where does “pyrkijä” come from?

pyrkijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyrkiä, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

pyrkijä (Finnish): applicant, candidate

Definitions

  1. applicant, candidate

Ancestry of “pyrkijä”, step by step

pyrkijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyrkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyrkiäto strive, endeavour; to plan to become, aspire...
2Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥ǵyétito be working, to be at work
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

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
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wr̥ǵyéti →