Where does “taksiyrittäjä” come from?

taksiyrittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrittäjä, 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.

taksiyrittäjä (Finnish): taxi entrepreneur, self-employed or independent taxi driver

Definitions

  1. taxi entrepreneur, self-employed or independent taxi driver

Ancestry of “taksiyrittäjä”, step by step

taksiyrittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrittäjäentrepreneur
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 →
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