Where does “sotilasjohtaja” come from?

sotilasjohtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish johtaja, 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.

sotilasjohtaja (Finnish): military leader

Definitions

  1. military leader

Ancestry of “sotilasjohtaja”, step by step

sotilasjohtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish johtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohtajaleader, commander; manager, director, executive
2Finnishice
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 sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw