Where does “vaihtaja” come from?

vaihtaja (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.

vaihtaja (Finnish): changer, exchanger; derailleur

Definitions

  1. changer, exchanger; derailleur

Ancestry of “vaihtaja”, step by step

vaihtaja 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 vaihtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
2Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
3Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “vaihtaja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →