Where does “uhkaaja” come from?

uhkaaja (Finnish) comes 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.

uhkaaja (Finnish): threatener

Definitions

  1. threatener

Ancestry of “uhkaaja”, step by step

uhkaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish uhata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhatato threaten menace, be dangerous (to)
2Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
3Proto-Finnicuhka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →