Where does “soittajisto” come from?

soittajisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish soittaja, 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.

soittajisto (Finnish): ensemble, group of musicians collectively

Definitions

  1. ensemble, group of musicians collectively

Ancestry of “soittajisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittajaplayer; caller; agent noun of soittaa
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →