Where does “sääntelijä” come from?

sääntelijä (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.

sääntelijä (Finnish): regulator

Definitions

  1. regulator

Ancestry of “sääntelijä”, step by step

sääntelijä 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 säännellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäännelläto regulate
2Finnishsäätääto adjust, regulate, tune, control; to enact;...
3Proto-Finnicsäätädäkto arrange, organize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →