Where does “reumahoitaja” come from?

reumahoitaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoitaja, 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.

reumahoitaja (Finnish): rheumatology nurse

Definitions

  1. rheumatology nurse

Ancestry of “reumahoitaja”, step by step

reumahoitaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hoitaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoitajacaretaker; carer, care-giver; nurse
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 reuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreumarheumatism
2Swedishreuma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw