Where does “tartunnanvälittäjä” come from?

tartunnanvälittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish välittäjä, 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.

tartunnanvälittäjä (Finnish): infection vector

Definitions

  1. infection vector

Ancestry of “tartunnanvälittäjä”, step by step

tartunnanvälittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish välittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälittäjämiddleman, dealer, broker; mediator, arbiter;...
2Finnishice
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 tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw