Where does “satamavalvoja” come from?

satamavalvoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish valvoja, 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.

satamavalvoja (Finnish): port authority officer, port state control officer, port (traffic) supervisor

Definitions

  1. port authority officer, port state control officer, port (traffic) supervisor

Ancestry of “satamavalvoja”, step by step

satamavalvoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valvoja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalvojaoverseer; regulator; inspector
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 satama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsatamaharbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent...
2Proto-Finnicsatamaharbor, haven
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw
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