Where does “raataja” come from?

raataja (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.

raataja (Finnish): agent noun of raataa: one who drudges, tolls

Definitions

  1. agent noun of raataa: one who drudges, tolls

Ancestry of “raataja”, step by step

raataja 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 raataa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraataato drudge, toil, sweat, slave
2Russianстрада́тьto suffer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →