Where does “ravintolanjohtaja” come from?

ravintolanjohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish johtaja, 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.

ravintolanjohtaja (Finnish): restaurant manager

Definitions

  1. restaurant manager

Ancestry of “ravintolanjohtaja”, step by step

ravintolanjohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish johtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohtajaleader, commander; manager, director, executive
2Finnishice
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 ravintola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintolarestaurant
2Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
3Finnish-ntö
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw