Where does “taajuusmuuttaja” come from?

taajuusmuuttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muuttaja, 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.

taajuusmuuttaja (Finnish): frequency changer

Definitions

  1. frequency changer

Ancestry of “taajuusmuuttaja”, step by step

taajuusmuuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muuttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttajamover; transformer
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 taajuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajuusfrequency
2Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
3Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →