Where does “työnhakija” come from?

työnhakija (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.

työnhakija (Finnish): job applicant, jobseeker

Definitions

  1. job applicant, jobseeker

Ancestry of “työnhakija”, step by step

työnhakija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakija

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

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →