Where does “tietomurtaja” come from?

tietomurtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish murtaja, 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.

tietomurtaja (Finnish): data breacher

Definitions

  1. data breacher

Ancestry of “tietomurtaja”, step by step

tietomurtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurtajabreaker; cracker; Short for jäänmurtaja
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 tieto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
2Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
3Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
4Proto-Finnicteeway, road
5Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw