Where does “uudistaja” come from?

uudistaja (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.

uudistaja (Finnish): reformer

Definitions

  1. reformer

Ancestry of “uudistaja”, step by step

uudistaja 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 uudistaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuudistaato reform, restore, reclaim; to renew; to...
2Finnishuusinew; Third person singular indicative past form...
3Proto-Finnicuucinew
4Proto-Finno-Ugricwuďenew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →