Where does “tasa-astuja” come from?

tasa-astuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish astuja, 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.

tasa-astuja (Finnish): pacer of a horse

Definitions

  1. pacer of a horse

Ancestry of “tasa-astuja”, step by step

tasa-astuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish astuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishastujaOne who or which steps
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 tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →