Where does “uranvaihtaja” come from?

uranvaihtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihtaja, 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.

uranvaihtaja (Finnish): career changer

Definitions

  1. career changer

Ancestry of “uranvaihtaja”, step by step

uranvaihtaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihtaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtajachanger, exchanger; derailleur
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 ura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuratrack, groove, rut; career; groove, slot, score
2Proto-Finnicuragroove
3Proto-Finno-Ugricura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw