Where does “sillanrakentaja” come from?

sillanrakentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakentaja, 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.

sillanrakentaja (Finnish): bridgebuilder, bridge builder

Definitions

  1. bridgebuilder, bridge builder

Ancestry of “sillanrakentaja”, step by step

sillanrakentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rakentaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakentajabuilder; constructor
2Finnishjäice
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 siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →