Where does “taksinkuljettaja” come from?

taksinkuljettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuljettaja, 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.

taksinkuljettaja (Finnish): taxi driver, cabdriver

Definitions

  1. taxi driver, cabdriver

Ancestry of “taksinkuljettaja”, step by step

taksinkuljettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuljettaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuljettajadriver; motorist
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 taksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaksitaxi
2EnglishtaxiA vehicle that may be hired for single journeys...
3Englishtaximeter cab—
4EnglishtaximeterA device installed in a taxicab that calculates...
5Frenchtaximètretaximeter
6Frenchtaxamètre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →