Where does “sijoittaja” come from?

sijoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sijoittaa, from Finnish sija, from Proto-Finnic sija, from Proto-Germanic stiją, from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

sijoittaja (Finnish): investor

Definitions

  1. investor

Ancestry of “sijoittaja”, step by step

sijoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sijoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsijoittaato set, locate, place; to backdrop; to invest
2Finnishsijaplace, position, room, stead, instead; ranking;...
3Proto-Finnicsijaplace, position
4Proto-Germanicstiją—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteyh₂-to stiffen
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

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

Words derived from “sijoittaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stiją →