Where does “seuraaja” come from?

seuraaja (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.

seuraaja (Finnish): follower

Definitions

  1. follower

Ancestry of “seuraaja”, step by step

seuraaja 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 seurata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseuratato follow, accompany; to keep track, monitor; to...
2Finnishseuracompany; society; club, especially a...
3Proto-Finnicseprafriend; friendship, companionship

Words derived from “seuraaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →