Where does “unohtaja” come from?

unohtaja (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.

unohtaja (Finnish): forgetter

Definitions

  1. forgetter

Ancestry of “unohtaja”, step by step

unohtaja 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 unohtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunohtaato forget; to leave behind unintentionally
2Proto-Finnicunohtadakto forget
3Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
4Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →