Where does “syyttäjä” come from?

syyttäjä (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.

syyttäjä (Finnish): prosecutor

Definitions

  1. prosecutor

Ancestry of “syyttäjä”, step by step

syyttäjä 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 syyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyttääto blame, blame (something) on, accuse
2Finnishsyyfibre; filament; grain
3Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
4Proto-Uralicśuwemouth

Words derived from “syyttäjä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →