Where does “soutaja” come from?

soutaja (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.

soutaja (Finnish): oar, oarsman, rower

Definitions

  1. oar, oarsman, rower

Ancestry of “soutaja”, step by step

soutaja 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 soutaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoutaato row
2Proto-Finnicsoutadakto row
3Proto-Uralic*suxta-to transport with a boat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →