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Where does “turvapaikanhakija” come from?

turvapaikanhakija (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakija, 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.

turvapaikanhakija (Finnish): asylum seeker

Definitions

  1. asylum seeker

Ancestry of “turvapaikanhakija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakijaapplicant; retriever, fetcher
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →