Where does “siivooja” come from?

siivooja (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.

siivooja (Finnish): cleaner, janitor; char, charlady, cleaning lady

Definitions

  1. cleaner, janitor; char, charlady, cleaning lady

Ancestry of “siivooja”, step by step

siivooja 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 siivota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiivotato clean, to tidy up
2Proto-Finnicciivot'akto clean, to tidy up

Words derived from “siivooja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →